Graham Haskell

{{Short description|Australian athletics competitor}}

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| birth_name = Graham Haskell

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = England

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| country = {{flagu|Australia}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprinting

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{{MedalCompetition|British Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1974 Christchurch|4x100 metres}}

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Graham Haskell (born 30 August 1948) is an Australian former athlete of the 1970s.{{cite news |title=Haskell out-hustled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121431425 |work=The Age |date=9 December 1974}}

Born in England, Haskell competed as a sprinter and previously held the national record in the 100 metres at 10.1 seconds.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110784214 |title=Sprinter in doubt |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=20 June 1974|page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was a two-time national 100 metres champion. At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch he was a member of the gold medal-winning 4x100 metres relay team (with Laurie D'Arcy, Greg Lewis and Andrew Ratcliffe). He also made both the 100 m and 200 m individual finals, finishing eighth and fourth respectively.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110779714 |title=Athlete critical of Australian facilities |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=23 May 1974 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Haskell now lives in Tasmania and is a contemporary artist.{{cite news |title=Tassie frocks up for Cup while raising money for a good cause |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/tassie-frocks-up-for-cup-while-raising-money-for-a-good-cause/news-story/c257634c7c65d9415e3ead4b805c9a1c |work=The Advertiser |date=5 November 2013}}