Timothy Joseph Michael Graham (born 31 May 1939) is a former

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athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Athletics career

He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in

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, Japan in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates

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, John Cooper and

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. He represented

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and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 440 yards relay, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston,

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Personal life

He later taught art at Dr Morgan's Grammar School for Boys in Bridgwater Somerset, at

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, and at

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in Shropshire.

References

* 1939 births Living people English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub