Dora Gardner

She was born in Croydon, South London. Gardner finished second behind Dorothy Odam in the high jump event at the 1937 WAAA Championships^[3][4] and the 1938 WAAA Championships.^[5] At the 1938 British Empire Games, she won the silver medal for England in the high jump event. In the long jump competition she finished seventh.^[6] Also in the 1938 European Athletics Championships she finished fifth in the high jump contest and in the 1946 European Championships in Athletics she finished seventh in the high jump event.^[1]

Gardner became the national high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1945 WAAA Championships^[7] and 1946 WAAA Championships.^[8]

In 1948 she finished eighth in the Olympic high jump contest.^[1]

She died in Bournemouth.

• Dora Gardner at World Athletics
• Dora Gardner at Olympics.com
• Dora Gardner at Team GB
• Dora Gardner at Olympedia