Graham Harcourt
{{Short description|British gymnast (1934–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| full_name = Kenneth Graham Harcourt
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|04|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|05|06|1934|04|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = Swansea, Wales
| discipline = MAG
| country = Great Britain
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Kenneth Graham Harcourt (16 April 1934 – 6 May 2015) was a British gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1952 Summer Olympics,Sports-Reference which he considered as his greatest success.Harcourt 2010
Biography
In his early years, Harcourt was playing rugby but because of his father's advice to focus on one discipline, he chose gymnastics and joined Swansea YMCA Gymnastic Club. During his early career as a teenage gymnast, he was successful in local competitions and won Junior Welsh Championships when he was 14. He continued his training under Walter Walsh and Arthur Whitford.Harcourt 2010 Harcourt's major breakthrough achievement was placing at the 4th place in British Championships in 1952 at the age of 17 - it secured him a place in the British Olympic team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After Olympics, he had to do compulsory National Service and did not train about for two years.Sports-Reference This, connected with progressing arthritis which started in his spine, resulted in him not qualifying for 1956 Summer Olympics.Harcourt 2010 After retiring from the gymnastics he helped to develop family printing business in Swansea and coached British Olympian Andrew Morris.Sports-Reference
Footnotes
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References
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/graham-harcourt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102654/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/graham-harcourt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Graham Harcourt Olympic Results |access-date=7 February 2021}}
- {{cite interview |last=Harcourt |first=Graham |subject-link=Graham Harcourt |interviewer=Phil Cope |title=Interview with the gymnast Graham Harcourt |url=https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/387232 |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=7 February 2021}}
External links
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Category:British male artistic gymnasts
Category:English male artistic gymnasts
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
Category:Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Swansea
Category:20th-century British sportsmen
Category:Welsh male artistic gymnasts
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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