Graham Quinn (athlete)

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.

Graham Quinn
Personal information
Birth nameGraham Henry Quinn
Born(1912-07-08)8 July 1912
Gisborne, New Zealand
Died13 November 1987(1987-11-13) (aged 75)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationMeat inspector
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
National finals100 yd champion (1938)
220 yd champion (1936, 1938)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
1938 Sydney4 x 440 yards Relay

Early life and family

Born in Gisborne on 8 July 1912, Quinn was the son of John Richard Quinn and Eleanor Clare Quinn (née Buchanan).[1][2]

Athletics

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

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
  1. "Birth search: registration number 1912/27455". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. "New Zealand, cemetery records, 1800–2007". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. "Details of Empire Games events". The Argus. 7 February 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  5. "Details of events". The Argus. 8 February 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  6. "Graham Quinn". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  7. "New Zealand Army WWII nominal rolls, 1939–1948". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  8. "Divisional sports". New Zealand Herald. 18 May 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.


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