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Gainesville doctor, record-breaking weightlifter Hardman dies
Anesthesiologist served as director with Orlando hospital
Thomas Hardman
Dr. Thomas Fielder Hardman was born in Gainesville and graduated from Gainesville High School. He began weight training at 13 and continued with it the rest of his life.
Dr. Thomas Fielder Hardman, 59, of Gainesville, an anesthesiologist and bench press world record-holder, died June 28 of natural causes. Hardman was chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Humana Hospital in Augusta. He also initiated one of the first acute pain management services in the Southeast.