Graham Bond (gymnast) explained

Graham Bond
Fullname:Graham Francis Bond
Birth Date:6 May 1937
Death Date:[1]
Height:5 ft 9.5 in
Weight:161 lb
Discipline:MAG

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Funeral Notice, Courier Mail.
  2. Graham Bond (full name: Graham Francis Bond) . 19 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160615064818/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/graham-bond-1.html . 15 June 2016 .
  3. Web site: Graham Bond's obituary in Gymnastics Australia . 20 August 2018 . 20 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234815/http://www.gymnastics.org.au/Ga/Posts/News_Articles/2018/08_Aug/Vale_Graham_Bond.aspx . dead .
  4. Book: 50 years 1950-2000. Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland. 2000.
  5. Web site: Graham Bond – The Rhodes Scholarships . 20 April 2016 . 12 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812193913/http://www.rhodesscholarshiptrust.com/scholar-of-the-week/graham-bond . dead .
  6. Web site: Bond, Graham Francis. (1966). The application of computers to the solution of mine ventilation networks. PhD Thesis, The University of Queensland..