Barbara Jardin

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1991)}}

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| fullname = Barbara Jardin

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| national_team = {{CAN}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Piscines du Parc Olympique

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|59|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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Barbara Jardin (born October 22, 1991) is a Canadian competitive swimmer, who lives in Montreal.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/jardin-barbara-1076867|title=Barbara Jardin|work=london2012.com|accessdate=31 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729074746/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/jardin-barbara-1076867/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Barbara JARDIN {{!}} Profile {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1025281/barbara-jardin/www.fina.org/athletes/1025281/barbara-jardin/profile |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished 6th overall in the heats in the women's 200-metre freestyle, and narrowly missed qualifying for the finals in her semifinal, finishing 10th overall.{{Cite web |title=Barbara Jardin |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/barbara-jardin/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |language=en-US}} She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in the final of the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay.

Jardin is a niece of Anne Jardin-Alexander, who won two bronze medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/01/slow-start-dooms-canadian-freestyle-relay|title=Slow start dooms Canadian freestyle relay|last=Bergeron|first=Alain|date=August 1, 2012|work=Toronto Sun|accessdate=2 August 2012}} She took up swimming at the age of four, and belonged to the Cote des Neiges swimming club. In 2010, she competed in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Commonwealth Games and World Championships. She was named Swimming Canada's Female Sprint Freestyle Swimmer of the Year in 2011, having competed in 200 m and 400 m freestyle at the World Championships. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014, after a prolonged period of fatigue. Jardin retired from competitive swimming in 2016.