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Maureen Gardner

1928 - 1974

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Maureen Angela Jane Dyson (née Gardner, 12 November 1928 – 2 September 1974) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles. She won silver medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1950 European Athletics Championships, both times losing to Fanny Blankers-Koen. She was coached by Geoff Dyson, whom she married one month after the 1948 Olympics. Maureen Gardner grew up in the Florence Park area of Temple Cowley, Oxford, and went to Donnington Junior School, Florence Park, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maureen Gardner is the 2,259th most popular athlete (up from 2,408th in 2019), the 5,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,861st in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maureen Gardner ranks 2,259 out of 6,025. Before her are Christine Muzio, Tomi Poikolainen, Serhiy Novikov, Ann Packer, Kim Turner, and Corneliu Ion. After her are Elena Georgescu, John Landy, Frans Maassen, Félix Sánchez, Beatriz, and Brigitte Wujak.

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Among people born in 1928, Maureen Gardner ranks 556. Before her are Samuel Adler, Lloyd Ruby, Kanu Sanyal, Vern Mikkelsen, Vilayat Khan, and George Maharis. After her are Fred Ebb, Toimi Pitkänen, André Milhoux, Herbert Flam, Pat O'Connor, and Vanessa Brown. Among people deceased in 1974, Maureen Gardner ranks 248. Before her are Roger Staub, Richard Long, Begum Akhtar, Patricia Collinge, Clive Brook, and Ralph Bishop. After her are Karen Silkwood, Edna Best, Margaret Morse Nice, Bill Aston, Harry Carney, and Ilona Massey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Maureen Gardner ranks 5,652 out of 8,785. Before her are John Stainer (1840), Andy Powell (1950), John Lombe (1693), Ann Packer (1942), Heather Mills (1968), and John Addington Symonds (1840). After her are Peter Glenville (1913), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985), Ella Balinska (1996), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Ron Staniforth (1924), and Alan Geldard (1927).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Maureen Gardner ranks 94. Before her are Mary Rand (1940), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Douglas Lowe (1902), Gerald Logan (1879), Steve Ovett (1955), and Ann Packer (1942). After her are Walter Chaffe (1870), David Hemery (1944), Charles Hefferon (1878), Lynn Davies (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942).

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