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{{Short description|American archer (born 1983)}}
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'''Jennifer L. Nichols Hardy''' (born October 4, 1983) is an [[archery|archer]] from the [[United States]].
She was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/NI/Jennifer-Nichols.aspx |title=Jennifer Nichols – USA Archery |website=Team USA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026050308/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/NI/Jennifer-Nichols.aspx |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old and at fifteen she won the National Youth Archery Competition.

==2004 Summer Olympics==
Nichols represented the United States at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/jennifer-nichols-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519153732/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/jennifer-nichols-1.html |archive-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>  She placed 19th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 638.  In the first round of elimination, she faced 46th-ranked [[Puspitasari Rina Dewi]] of [[Indonesia]].  Nichols defeated Puspitasari 160-141 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32.  In that round, she faced 14th-ranked [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] archer [[Tetyana Berezhna]]. Nichols won the match 163-160 in the regulation 18 arrows, advancing to the round of 16.  She then lost to 3rd-ranked [[Yun Mi Jin]] of [[South Korea|Korea]] 168-162, finishing 9th in women's individual archery. She has been featured in Vogue Magazine.

==2008 Summer Olympics==
At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] Nichols finished her ranking round with a total of 637 points. This gave her the 24th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced [[Ika Yuliana Rochmawati]] in the first round, beating the archer from [[Indonesia]] with 114-101. In the second round she came close, but was unable to upset 9th seed [[Nami Hayakawa]] and lost the match with 105-103.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/221462.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907200855/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/221462.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete biography: Jennifer Nichols |website=[[Beijing2008.cn]] |access-date=August 23, 2008}}</ref>

==2012 Summer Olympics==
At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]] Nichols lost out to Bishindi Urantagula of [[Mongolia]] in the round of sixteen.

==Personal life==
Nichols married Chris Hardy in September 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Solomon |first=Jerome |url=https://www.chron.com/olympics/article/Nichols-keeps-Olympic-archery-marriage-in-3751670.php |title=Nichols keeps Olympic archery, marriage in perspective |date=August 1, 2012 |work=The Houston Chronicle |access-date=April 2, 2020 |last2=Chronicle |first2=Houston}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Archery|3093/jennifer-hardy|Jennifer Hardy}}
* {{Team USA|NI/Jennifer-Nichols|Jennifer Nichols|archive=20220711225242}}
* {{Olympics.com|jennifer-nichols|Jennifer Nichols}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Jennifer Nichols}}

{{Pan American Champions Archery Women Individual}}
{{Pan American Champions Archery Women Team}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American female archers]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic archers for the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kansas City, Missouri]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in archery]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in archery]]


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