Dora Kathleen Gardner (6 May 1912 – June 1994) was an English

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athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games.

Biography

She was born in

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, South London. Gardner finished second behind Dorothy Odam in the high jump event at the

1937 WAAA Championships The 1937 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 7 August 1937. Results See also *1937 AAA Championships References

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and the

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. At the

1938 British Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games were the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 yea ...

, she won the silver medal for

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in the high jump event. In the long jump competition she finished seventh. Also in the

1938 European Athletics Championships The 2nd European Athletics Championships was a continental athletics competition for European athletes which was held in two places in 1938. The men's event took place in Paris, France between 3–5 September while the women's events were in Vie ...

she finished fifth in the high jump contest and in the

1946 European Championships in Athletics The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the champ ...

she finished seventh in the high jump event. Gardner became the national high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the

1945 WAAA Championships The 1945 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec, London, on 18 August 1945. The Championships returned after a five- ...

and 1946 WAAA Championships. In 1948 she finished eighth in the Olympic high jump contest. She died in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Dora 1912 births 1994 deaths English female high jumpers British female high jumpers British female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England English female long jumpers Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games 20th-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics