fears that he may have to miss defending his title as his wife, Nancy, was due to give birth. Gardener's last professional race was a 4 x 100 m relay at the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on 3 August 2007. His team failed to finish this race. On 17 October 2013 it was announced that Gardener would take part in the 100m Sprint for Faith organised by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Italian Sports Centre, as part of the Catholic Church's Year of Faith. Statistics Updated 9 September 2008 Personal bests All information from IAAF Profile Major achievements 1994 World Junior Championships – Lisbon, Portugal. 100 m silver medal 4 × 100 m relay gold medal 1995 European Cup – Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. 4 × 100 m relay gold medal 1997 European Cup – Munich, Germany. 4 × 100 m relay bronze medal 1998 European Indoor Championships – Valencia, Spain. 60 m silver medal 1999 World Indoor Championships – Maebashi, Japan. 60 m bronze medal European Cup – Paris, France. 4 × 100 m relay bronze medal ran 100 m personal best of 9.98 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland. 2000 European Indoor Championships – Ghent, Belgium. 60 m gold medal 2002 European Indoor Championships – Vienna, Austria. 60 m gold medal Commonwealth Games – Manchester, England 4 × 100 m gold medal 2003 World Indoor Championships – Birmingham, England. 60 m bronze medal 2004 World Indoor Championships – Budapest, Hungary. 60 m gold medal Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece. 4 × 100 m gold medal 2005 World Championships – Helsinki, Finland. 4 × 100 m bronze medal 2007 European Indoor Championships – Birmingham, England. 60 m gold medal Gardener has also won four senior national titles indoors and two outdoors. Bobsleigh In 2008 Jason took part in a project to qualify four athletes from diverse sports in the British 2 Man Bobsleigh Championships, after just two weeks of training. Along with World Champion track cyclist Craig MacLean, Rugby World Cup winner Dan Luger and Commonwealth Decathlon champion Dean Macey, he attempted to complete two runs down the course at Cesana Pariol in Italy (site of the 2006 Winter Olympics) to gain qualification to the finals. Selected as pusher for driver Macey, he succeeded in finishing in sixth place overall, as well as being the highest placed novice pair. The story was filmed for the BBC and broadcast