- Sarah Hardcastle
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Medal record 
Sarah HardcastleWomen's swimming Competitor for 
Great BritainOlympic Games Silver 1984 Los Angeles 400 m freestyle Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 800 m freestyle World Championships - Long Course Bronze 1986 Madrid 400 m freestyle World Championships - Short Course Gold 1995 Rio de Janeiro 800 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle European Championships - Long Course Silver 1985 Sofia 800 m freestyle Bronze 1983 Rome 800 m freestyle Bronze 1993 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle Competitor for 
EnglandCommonwealth Games Gold 1986 Edinburgh 400 m freestyle Gold 1986 Edinburgh 800 m freestyle Silver 1986 Edinburgh 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1994 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Edinburgh 400 m indiv. medley Bronze 1994 Victoria 400 m freestyle Sarah Lucy Hardcastle (born 9 April 1969 in Chelmsford, Essex) is a former freestyle swimmer from England. She won a bronze and a silver medal as a fifteen-year old at the 1984 in Los Angeles, California. Twelve years later she competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and qualified for the 800 m freestyle final.
Her mother was a swimming coach who also taught Mark Foster.
Currently Sarah works for Northern Arena Learn to Swim and Fitness Facility, Silverdale, Auckland, New Zealand. Hardcastle lives in Auckland with her husband Lee and four children Iwan, Huw, Eve and Aled.
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World Short Course Champions in Women's 800 m Freestyle 1993: Janet Evans (USA) · 1995: Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) · 1997: Natasha Bowron (AUS) · 1999: Chen Hua (CHN) · 2000: Chen Hua (CHN) · 2002: Chen Hua (CHN) · 2004: Sachiko Yamada (JPN) · 2006: Anastasiya Ivanenko (RUS) · 2008: Rebecca Adlington (GBR) · 2010: Erika Villaécija García (ESP)Commonwealth Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1930: 400 yards • 1934 – 1966: 440 yards • 1970 – 2010: 400 metres 1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) • 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) • 1938: Dorothy Green (AUS) • 1950: Joan Harrison (SAF) • 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) • 1958: Ilsa Konrads (AUS) • 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) • 1966: Kathy Wainwright (AUS) • 1970: Karen Moras (AUS) • 1974: Jenny Turrall (AUS) • 1978 – 1982: Tracey Wickham (AUS) • 1986: Sarah Hardcastle (ENG) • 1990 – 1994: Hayley Lewis (AUS) • 1998: Susie O'Neill (AUS) • 2002: Rebecca Cooke (ENG) • 2006: Caitlin McClatchey (SCO) • 2010: Rebecca Adlington (ENG)
Commonwealth Champions in Women's 800 m Freestyle 1970: Karen Moras (AUS) • 1974: Jaynie Parkhouse (NZL) • 1978 – 1982: Tracey Wickham (AUS) • 1986: Sarah Hardcastle (ENG) • 1990: Julie McDonald (AUS) • 1994: Stacey Gartrell (AUS) • 1998: Rachel Harris (AUS) • 2002 – 2006: Rebecca Cooke (ENG) • 2010: Rebecca Adlington (ENG)
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