Gardner competed in flat running at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and finished fourth in the 4×100 m relay (with Sylvia Cheeseman, Winifred Jordan and Joyce Judd) and fifth in the 100 m sprint.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics she came second in the 80 metre hurdles to Fanny Blankers-Koen, both of them recording the same time of 11.2 seconds.
She also helped Great Britain place fourth in the 4×100 m relay.
Two years later she again lost the 80 metre hurdles to Blankers-Koen at the 1950 European Athletics Championships.
Gardner was four time AAAs National Champion in the 80 metres hurdles (1947, 1948, 1950, 1951).
Gardner competed in flat running at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and finished fourth in the 4×100 m relay (with Sylvia Cheeseman, Winifred Jordan and Joyce Judd) and fifth in the 100 m sprint. At the 1948 Summer Olympics she came second in the 80 metre hurdles to Fanny Blankers-Koen, both of them recording the same time of 11.2 seconds. She also helped Great Britain place fourth in the 4×100 m relay. Two years later she again lost the 80 metre hurdles to Blankers-Koen at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. Gardner was four time AAAs National Champion in the 80 metres hurdles (1947, 1948, 1950, 1951).
Maureen Gardner