Jason Gardener MBE

Sport/Event>
Track & field, 60m, 100m, 4×100m

Date and Place of Birth>
1975, Bath

Coached by>
Malcolm Arnold

Clubs >
Wessex & Bath AC

Occupation > Full-time athlete

Biography>
Known as the Bath Bullet, Jason’s career high point was leading off the British 4×100m relay quartet of Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis that struck gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Jason was made an MBE in the 2005 New Year Honours List and became an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bath following that dramatic gold Olympic medal. His other top honours include a gold medal over 60m at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and a hat-trick of 60m European Indoors Championships titles. He also names a Commonwealth Games relay gold medal at Manchester 2002 and a World Championships relay silver medal among his many achievements. His silver at the 1998 European Indoor Championships was his first senior championships medal and in 1999 he became only the third British runner to break the 10-second barrier for 100m, clocking 9.98 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Jason benefits from training at the state-of-the-art indoor running straight at the University of Bath Sports Training Village.

A back injury prevented him from progressing to the latter stages of the 100m or running in Team England’s 4×100m relay quartet at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

In July 2006 he decided to cut short his season to undergo a wrist operation to solve a problem that has hampered him for the last couple of seasons. However, he aims to be back in action to attempt to win a fourth successive 60m title at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, taking place in Birmingham in March.

Competitive Record >
World Junior Championships: silver 100m, gold 4×100m – Lisbon, Portugal; July 1994
AAA Championships: gold – 100m – Birmingham; August 1997
European Indoor Championships: silver – 60m – Valencia, Spain; February 1998
World Indoor Championships: bronze – 60m – Maebashi, Japan; March 1999
World Championships: silver – 4×100m – Seville, Spain; August 1999
AAA Championships: gold – 100m – Birmingham; July 1999
European Indoor Championships: gold – 60m – Ghent, Belgium; February 2000
European Indoor Championships: gold – 60m – Vienna, Austria; March 2002
Commonwealth Games: gold – 4×100m – Manchester; July 2002
World Indoor Championships: bronze – 60m – Birmingham; March 2003
AAA Indoor Championships: gold – 60m – Sheffield; February 2004
World Indoor Championships: gold – 60m – Budapest, Hungary; March 2004
AAA Championships: gold – 100m – Manchester; July 2004
Olympic Games: gold – 4×100m – Athens, Greece; August 2004
AAA Indoor Championships: gold – 60m – Sheffield; February 2005
European Indoor Championships: gold – 60m – Madrid, Spain; March 2005
AAA Championships: gold -100m – Manchester; July 2005
World Championships: bronze – 4×100m- Helsinki, Finland; August 2005