Graham Bond

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGraham Francis•Bond
Used nameGraham•Bond
Born6 May 1937 in Wondai, Queensland (AUS)
Died17 August 2018 in Brisbane, Queensland (AUS)
Measurements177 cm / 73 kg
Affiliations?, Western Australia, (AUS)
NOC Australia

Biography

Graham Bond competed in gymnastics at three Olympics – 1956, 1960, and 1964. He studied at Wondai State School where he excelled in many sports, but gymnastics was his best one. He was a top bowler on the Wondai cricket squad. Bond was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, England where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Balliol College. In 1966 he was awarded a PhD with his thesis entitled, “The application of computers to the solution of mine ventilation networks at the University of Queensland.”

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) AUS Graham Bond
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) 54
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) Australia 7
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) 58
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) 56
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) =53
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) 50
Rings, Men (Olympic) 58
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) 56
1960 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) AUS Graham Bond
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) 115
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) 118 r1/2
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) 125 r1/2
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) 115 r1/2
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) =65 r1/2
Rings, Men (Olympic) =102 r1/2
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) 118 r1/2
1964 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) AUS Graham Bond
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) =100
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) Australia 16
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) =108 r1/2
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) =103 r1/2
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) =87 r1/2
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) =94 r1/2
Rings, Men (Olympic) 114 r1/2
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) =96 r1/2

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