Adrien Hardy (born 30 July 1978) is a French

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

and Olympic gold medallist. At Olympic level, in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Hardy won the gold medal in the men's double sculls event, rowing with

Sébastien Vieilledent Sébastien Vieilledent (born 26 August 1976 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls, 2004 French rowing gold medallist. He won the gold medal alongside Adrien Hardy. He is currently coach ...

. He also competed at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

(with

Frédéric Kowal Frédéric Kowal (born 2 October 1970 in Nogent-sur-Seine Nogent-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. The headquarters of The Soufflet Group is located here, as is the Musée Camille Claudel. Th ...

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

(with Jean-Baptiste Macquet) and, in the quadruple sculls event, at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

(with Benjamin Chabanet, Matthieu Androdias and

Pierre-Jean Peltier Pierre-Jean Peltier (born 20 May 1984 in Pont-à-Mousson) is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 ...

). At world level he has won two gold medals in the double sculls, in 2003 (with Sébastien Vieilledent) and in 2006 (with Jean-Baptiste Macquet), and two silver medals, in 2001 (with Sébastien Vieilledent) and 2007 (with Jean-Baptiste Macquet). At European level he has two medals, one gold and one bronze, in the men's eight event.

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* * * * * 1978 births Living people French male rowers Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for France Sportspeople from Nîmes Olympic gold medalists for France European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century French sportsmen 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub