Maureen Tranter
{{short description|British sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Maureen Tranter
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprinting
| club = Bilston AC / WBAC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|5|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bilston, Wolverhampton, England
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| height =173 cm
| weight =66 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1966 Kingston | 4 x 110 yards relay}}
}}
Maureen Dorothy Tranter married name Maureen Taylor, (born 7 May 1947) is a British retired sprinter, who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/maureen-tranter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041441/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/maureen-tranter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Maureen Tranter Olympic Results |accessdate=13 July 2017}}
Biography
Tranter finished second behind Janet Simpson in the 220 yards event at both the 1965 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19650704/689/0024 |title=Results |work=Sunday Express |date=4 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription| access-date=28 February 2025 }} and 1966 WAAA Championships. She also finished second behind Daphne Slater in the 100 yards in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=28 February 2025}}
Tranter represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}
Although she finished second behind Johanna Cornelissen at the 1967 WAAA Championships, she was the highest placed British athlete and therefore was classed as the national 220 yards champion.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 February 2025 }}
After another second place finish at the 1968 WAAA Championships behind Val Peat, she represented Great Britain in the women's 200 metres at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68802 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 February 2025}}
Two years later she represented England in the 200 and 400 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes |title=Edinburgh 1970 Team |website=Team England |access-date=28 February 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39737|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2 August 2019|archive-date=9 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209053840/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39737|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:British female sprinters
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Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games