Jason Gardener
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Jason Gardener (born September 18, 1975 in Bath, England) is a sprint athlete.
Jason started his career at the World Junior Championships in 1994 where he placed second in the individual 100 m. and bettered this to take his first gold medal as part of the 4 x 100 m. relay team.
He took another silver, this time in the 60 m., at the European Indoor Championships of 1998 but was not chosen for the relay team which took gold.
In 1999 he took bronze at the World's indoor's in the 60 m. and later that year saw him run 9.98 seconds break the 10.00 second barrier for the time in the 100 m. He was also part of the national record breaking 4 x 100 m. relay team along with Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, and Dwain Chambers that they set in Seville, Spain running 37.73 seconds.
2000 saw Jason go one better in the European indoor 60 m. taking gold as well as breaking the national 50 m. record with a time of 5.61 s. Unfortunately he became injured during the summer and although making it to Sydney for the Olympics he did not progress through the early rounds.
He retained his European indoor title in 2002 as well as a 4 x 100 m. Commonwealth Games gold medal.
2003 saw another World indoors bronze despite being hampered by a hamstring injury but the following year he bettered this to take the gold, his first world individual title ahead of the fancied Shawn Crawford of the USA.
Jason made the squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics where he competed in the 100 m. and won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m. relay with Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis in a 38.07 seconds season best.
Major achievements
- 1994
- 1995
- European Cup - Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
- 4 x 100 m. relay gold medal
- European Cup - Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
- 1997
- 1998
- European Indoor Championships - Valencia, Spain.
- 60 m. silver medal
- European Indoor Championships - Valencia, Spain.
- 1999
- World Indoor Championships - Maebashi, Japan.
- 60 m. bronze medal
- European Cup - Paris, France.
- 4 x 100 m. relay bronze medal
- ran 100 m. personal best of 9.98 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- World Indoor Championships - Maebashi, Japan.
- 2000
- 2002
- European Indoor Championships - Vienna, Austria.
- 60 m. gold medal
- Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England
- 4 x 100 m. gold medal
- European Indoor Championships - Vienna, Austria.
- 2003
- World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
- 60 m. bronze medal
- World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
- 2004
- World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- 60 m. gold medal
- Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
- 4x100 m gold medal
- World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
Jason has also won four senior national titles indoors and two outdoors.