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| Birth name | Graham Henry Quinn | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1912 Gisborne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 November 1987 (aged 75) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Meat inspector | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | 100 yd champion (1938) 220 yd champion (1936, 1938) | ||||||||||||||
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Graham Henry Quinn (8 July 1912 – 13 November 1987) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Early life and family[edit]
Born in Gisborne on 8 July 1912, Quinn was the son of John Richard Quinn and Eleanor Clare Quinn (née Buchanan).[1][2]
Athletics[edit]
Quinn won three New Zealand national athletics titles: the 100 yards sprint in 1938; and the 220 yards in 1936 and 1938.[3]
At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Quinn competed in the 100 yards sprint, in which he finished fifth in his heat and did not progress further.[4] In the men's 220 yards sprint, he placed second in his heat and fifth in his semi-final, and did not progress to the final.[5] He was a member of the New Zealand men's 4 x 440 yards relay team—with Arnold Anderson, Alan Sayers, and Harold Tyrie—that won the bronze medal.[6]
Later life and death[edit]
A meat inspector, Quinn served as a gunner with the New Zealand Artillery in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II,[7] and took part in a military sports meeting in New Caledonia in May 1943.[8] He died on 13 November 1987, and was buried at Mangere Lawn Cemetery.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Birth search: registration number 1912/27455". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b "New Zealand, cemetery records, 1800–2007". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Details of Empire Games events". The Argus. 7 February 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Details of events". The Argus. 8 February 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Graham Quinn". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand Army WWII nominal rolls, 1939–1948". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Divisional sports". New Zealand Herald. 18 May 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.