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Birth name | Graham Henry Quinn | ||||||||||||||
Born | Gisborne, New Zealand | 8 July 1912||||||||||||||
Died | 13 November 1987 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 75)||||||||||||||
Occupation | Meat inspector | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | 100 yd champion (1938) 220 yd champion (1936, 1938) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Born in Gisborne on 8 July 1912, Quinn was the son of John Richard Quinn and Eleanor Clare Quinn (née Buchanan). [1] [2]
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]
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]