Graham Sycamore

{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist}}

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Graham John Sycamore {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (born 1941/42){{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/66001737/councillor-graham-sycamore-has-heart-attack |title= Councillor Graham Sycamore has heart attack |first=Evan |last=Harding |date=10 February 2015 |work=Stuff |accessdate=8 June 2018}} is a former New Zealand cyclist, international commissaire, and Invercargill city councillor.

Sycamore was an international commissaire for 26 years, attending seven Commonwealth Games, three Olympic Games and two UCI World Championships. His final engagement was the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, after which he was forced to retire by the Union Cycliste Internationale due to his age. He was secretary-general of the Oceania Cycling Confederation from 1992 to 2014,{{cite web |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/queens-birthday-honours-southern-recipients |title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Southern recipients |date=6 June 2016 |publisher=Otago Daily Times }} and was made a life member of Cycling Southland and Cycling New Zealand in 1993 and 1999, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/pages/legends/ |title=Legends |publisher=Cycling Southland}}{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/80717036/graham-sycamore-made-a-member-of-the-new-zealand-order-of-merit |title=Graham Sycamore made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit |date=6 June 2016 |publisher=Stuff.co.nz}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/9724550/Graham-Sycamores-lifetime-award-nearly-busted |title=Graham Sycamore's lifetime award nearly busted |date=15 February 2014 |publisher=Stuff.co.nz}} He was involved with the Tour of Southland for 52 years, including 12 years as race director.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/108249847/tour-of-southland-veteran-graham-sycamore-has-done-it-all |title=Tour of Southland veteran Graham Sycamore has done it all |first=Nathan |last=Burdon |date=31 October 2018}}

Sycamore served on the Invercargill City Council from 2001 to 2016. Initially believed to have been re-elected in 2016, he fell short by six votes after the special votes were counted.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/85168758/abbott-in-sycamore-out-for-city-council |title=Invercargill City councillor's emotional rollercoaster |date=10 October 2016 |publisher=Stuff.co.nz}}

Sycamore was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 2013 Halberg Awards, and appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cycling, in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours.