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English Gardner

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Female Age: 33 Date of Birth: 4/22/1992

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Anthony Gardner Agent: Daniel Escamilla Sponsor: Nike

Residences

Hometown: Voorhees Township, NJ High School: Eastern Regional High School College: University of Oregon

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Diamond League meeting winner

2x

World Championships Silver medallist

2x

NCAA Indoor champion

2x

NCAA champion

2x

National champion

1x

Olympic champion

Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, 4x100m
  • 2016 Rio Olympic Games, gold (4x100m), seventh (100m)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Outdoor Championships, SF2-DNF
  • 2017 World Relays, DNF (4x100m)
  • 2015 World Outdoor Championships, silver (4x100m), SF1-sixth (100m)
  • 2013 World Outdoor Championships, silver (4x100m), fourth (100m)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, sixth (100m)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (100m), SF2-seventh
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, sixth (100m)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (100m)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (100m)
  • 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, fourth (100m)
  • 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (4x400m), silver (60m)
  • 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (100m), fourth (4x100m)
  • 2013 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (100m)
  • 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (60m)
  • 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (100m, 4x400m), bronze (4x100m)
  • 2012 USATF Outdoor Championships, seventh (100m)
  • 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships, seventh (100m)
  • 2011 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, silver (100m)
  • 2006 USATF Junior Olympic Championships, gold (100m, 200m)
  • 2005 USATF Junior Olympic Championships, bronze (100m, 200m)

Personal

Daughter of Anthony and Monica Gardner...Has two brothers, Anthony Jr. and Brandon, and one sister, Ariel...Won four NCAA titles while at Oregon...Turned professional after her junior season at Oregon...Her go-to phrase is “shock the world”... .Hobbies include singing, bowling and playing video games...Joined the Princeton University coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in November 2018...Had Covid-19 in spring 2021 ahead of the U.S. Olympic Team trials… Fought depression and injuries to earn her second Olympic berth.

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