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Graham Harcourt

Died
May 6, 2015
Age
81 years

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Graham Harcourt, 81, British Olympic gymnast.

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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, which he considered as his greatest success.

Early life

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.

Gymnastics career

Harcourt's major breakthrough achievement was placing 4th in the 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 the Olympics, he had to do compulsory National Service and did not train for about two years. This, connected with progressing arthritis which started in his spine, resulted in him not qualifying for the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Post-gymnastics career

After retiring from gymnastics, he helped to develop a family printing business in Swansea and coached British Olympian Andrew Morris.

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