Hugo Hardy

Hugo James Hardy (16 October 1877 – 8 October 1936) was a German tennis player and jurist. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, where he was the only non-American competitor.[2][3]

Hugo Hardy
Full nameHugo James Hardy
Born16 October 1877
Hamburg, Germany[1]
Died8 October 1936(1936-10-08) (aged 58)
Berlin, Germany

A lawyer, Hardy was on the board of an early version of the Deutschen Reichsausschuß für Olympische Spiele (DRA), a predecessor to the German Olympic Committee that oversaw sports in the Weimar Republic.[4]

Hardy was born in Hamburg, the son of banker James Nathan Hardy and Helena Ida Noemie Cahn.[5]

References
  1. Hamburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1901
  2. "Hugo Hardy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. "Hugo Hardy". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. Court, Jürgen (2014). Deutsche Sportwissenschaft in der Weimarer Republik und im Nationalsozialismus. Band 2 (in German). LIT Verlag Münster. p. 34. ISBN 9783643125583. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. Hamburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1901
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