Graham Bond (gymnast)

Graham Bond
Full nameGraham Francis Bond
Born(1937-05-06)6 May 1937
Died17 August 2018(2018-08-17) (aged 81)[1]
Height5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

Graham Francis Bond (6 May 1937 – 17 August 2018) was an Australian gymnast who competed at three Olympic Games. He competed at the 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.[2] He was inducted into the Gymnastics Australia Hall of Fame in May 2018.[3]

Bond attended the University of Queensland graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering from the Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering in 1960.[4] In 1961 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Balliol College, Oxford.[5] In 1966 he was awarded a PhD on The application of computers to the solution of mine ventilation networks at the University of Queensland.[6]

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  3. ^ "Graham Bond's obituary in Gymnastics Australia". Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ 50 years 1950-2000. Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland. 2000.
  5. ^ "Graham Bond – The Rhodes Scholarships". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Bond, Graham Francis. (1966). The application of computers to the solution of mine ventilation networks. PhD Thesis, The University of Queensland".