Keith Gardner
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Born | 6 September 1929 |
| Died | 25 May 2012 (aged 82) Livingston, New Jersey, USA |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | sprints / hurdles |
Medal record | |
Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner (6 September 1929 – 25 May 2012) was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres, who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit | edit source]In 1954, Gardner won a gold medal for Jamaica at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada over the 120 yard hurdles.
Gardner won the British AAA Championships title in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1958 AAA Championships.[1][2][3] Shortly afterwards he represented the Jamaican team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he four medals, including two golds.[4]
Gardner competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Malcolm Spence, James Wedderburn, and George Kerr.[4]
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- 1929 births
- 2012 deaths
- Jamaican men sprinters
- Jamaican men hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Jamaica
- Olympic athletes for the British West Indies
- Olympic bronze medalists for the British West Indies
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Nebraska Cornhuskers men's track and field athletes
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica
- Competitors at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
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