{{short description|Australian sprinter}} {{use Australian English|date=June 2017}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Gavin Carragher | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian / Scottish | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting | club = London AC<br>Club Randwick-Kensington | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|7|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}
'''Graham Gavin Hugh Carragher''' (born 17 July 1933) is an Australian / Scottish sprinter who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/gavin-carragher-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011529/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/gavin-carragher-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gavin Carragher Olympic Results |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbounre, Australia, Carragher participated in the men's 100 metres event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64638 |title=Gavin Carragher |work=Olympedia |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19580602/198/0009 |title=Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team |work=The Scotsman |p=9 |date=2 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref> for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 100 yards event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3033/56/all |title=Scotland Cardiff 1958 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=2 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805235450/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3033/56/all |archive-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>
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