Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner (6 September 192925 May 2012) was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres, who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography In 1954, Gardner won a gold medal for Jamaica at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada over the 120 yard hurdles.
Gardner won the British AAA Championships title in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1958 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he represented the Jamaican team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he four medals, including two golds.
Gardner competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Malcolm Spence, James Wedderburn, and George Kerr.
Competition record Representing Jamaica1954Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico6th (sf)100 m10.82nd110 m hurdles14.51st4 × 100 m relay41.061st4 × 400 m relay3:12.253rdLong jump7.02 mBritish Empire and Commonwealth GamesVancouver, Canada1st120 y hurdles14.26th4 × 110 y relayNT6th4 × 440 y relay3:19.09thLong jump6.66 m1955Pan American GamesMexico City, Mexico4th100 m10.52nd110 m hurdles14.742nd4 × 400 m relay3:12.631956Olympic Games1Melbourne, Australia44th (h)100 m11.2211th (h)110 m hurdles14.657th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:11.0711957British West Indies ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica2nd110 m hurdles14.71st4 × 100 m relay41.91958British Empire and Commonwealth GamesCardiff, United Kingdom1st100 y9.662nd220 y21.111st120 y hurdles14.20 (w)3rd4 × 440 y relay3:10.081959British West Indies ChampionshipsGeorgetown, British Guiana3rd100 m2nd200 m1st110 m hurdles14.41960British West Indies ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica2nd200 m21.21st110 m hurdles14.5Olympic Games1Rome, Italy5th110 m hurdles14.553rd4 × 400 m relay3:04.13 1Disqualified in the final 2Representing the British West Indies
Personal bests 100 metres – 10.3 (1958) 400 metres – 46.3 (1958) 110 metres hurdles – 13.8 (1958)
References
Profile Commonwealth Games Results