{{short description|British sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Maureen Tranter | birth_name = | image = | caption = | 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 | death_date = | death_place = | 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.<ref name="SportsRef">{{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}}</ref>
== Biography == Tranter finished second behind Janet Simpson in the 220 yards event at both the 1965 WAAA Championships<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and 1966 WAAA Championships. She also finished second behind Daphne Slater in the 100 yards in 1966.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Tranter represented the England team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19660705/529/0037 |title=Muareen Tranter chosen for Empire Games |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=5 July 1966 |p=37 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 December 2025}}</ref> and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 February 2025 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68802 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref>
Two years later she represented England in the 200 and 400 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes |title=Edinburgh 1970 Team |website=Team England |access-date=28 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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