Graham Hamlyn

{{Short description|British triple jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Graham Hamlyn | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | club = Blackheath Harriers | birth_date = Q1. 1947<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=icTPmJbGlAYCBLIjDSrRvA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=24 January 2026|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> | birth_place = Thanet, Kent, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}

'''Graham Hamlyn''' (born 1947) is a former international athlete who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

== Biography == Hamlyn from Broadstairs, attended Dane Court Grammar School.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003546/19660722/417/0021 |title=Athletics |work=Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph |date=22 July 1966 |p=21 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> He was a member of the Blackheath Harriers and specialised in the triple jump<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005377/19670922/285/0018 |title=Three international debuts |work=Peterborough Evening Telegraph |date=22 September 1967 |p=18 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> and represented England and Great Britain at international level.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19690702/755/0044 |title=Sheila steps in for Britain |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=2 July 1969 |p=44 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>

Hamlyn finished third at the AAA Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> behind Șerban Ciochină and Fred Alsop at the 1968 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004722/19680713/012/0012 |title=Whetton through to mile final |work=Nottingham Guardian |date=13 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19680714/220/0021 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=14 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>

Hamlyn represented the England team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England|access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005765/19700608/020/0001 |title=England's Men Athletes For Games |work=Evening News (London) |date=8 June 1970 |p=1 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> where he competed in the triple jump event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/19/all |title=England Edinburgh 1970 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=24 January 2026 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108075655/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/19/all |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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