Symonds was born in Coventry and studied at the Coventry Art School. He was first coached by his father Sid Symonds, a semi-professional football player. After retiring from swimming he worked at the technical publications department of the Armstrong Siddeley's aircraft division. He then designed tractors at Massey Ferguson, worked for Chrysler Rootes, and in 1967 joined Ford. In the 1980s–90s he worked in Dearborn, Michigan, US, designing medium and large trucks, such as Ford Transit. During that time he also competed in masters swimming. He returned to UK in 1998 to assume the post of assistant director of design of small and medium Ford vehicles at Dunton Wayletts, Essex. He retired in 2002 and died in 2006 in Essex, leaving wife Ina and children Heather, Brett and Andrea and brother Robert Bruce Symonds.
^""Brockway Wins 110 Yards Back-Stroke Again." Times, 15 Sept. 1954, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.
^""British Swimming Best Since War." Times, 5 Sept. 1955, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.
January 01, 1970
graham, symonds, graham, henry, symonds, march, 1937, june, 2006, english, swimmer, personal, informationborn, 1936, march, 1936coventry, great, britaindied2, june, 2006, 2006, aged, essex, great, britainmedal, record, swimming, representing, england, british,. Graham Henry Symonds 21 March 1937 2 June 2006 was an English swimmer Graham SymondsPersonal informationBorn 1936 03 21 21 March 1936Coventry Great BritainDied2 June 2006 2006 06 02 aged 70 Essex Great BritainMedal record Swimming Representing England British Empire amp Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff 220y butterfly 1958 Cardiff medley relay Representing United Kingdom European Championships 1958 Budapest 200 m butterfly Contents 1 Swimming career 2 Personal life 3 See also 4 ReferencesSwimming career editHe represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships Symonds won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships 1 He competed in the same event at the 1956 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals 2 He represented England and won a silver medal in the 220 yards butterfly and a bronze medal in the medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff Wales 3 4 He won the 1954 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle title 5 and the 220 yards butterfly title in 1955 6 Personal life editSymonds was born in Coventry and studied at the Coventry Art School He was first coached by his father Sid Symonds a semi professional football player After retiring from swimming he worked at the technical publications department of the Armstrong Siddeley s aircraft division He then designed tractors at Massey Ferguson worked for Chrysler Rootes and in 1967 joined Ford In the 1980s 90s he worked in Dearborn Michigan US designing medium and large trucks such as Ford Transit During that time he also competed in masters swimming He returned to UK in 1998 to assume the post of assistant director of design of small and medium Ford vehicles at Dunton Wayletts Essex He retired in 2002 and died in 2006 in Essex leaving wife Ina and children Heather Brett and Andrea and brother Robert Bruce Symonds See also editList of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming men References edit Graham SYMONDS les sports info Graham Symonds Archived 2012 12 16 at the Wayback Machine sports reference com Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation 1958 Athletes Team England Brockway Wins 110 Yards Back Stroke Again Times 15 Sept 1954 p 3 Times Digital Archive British Swimming Best Since War Times 5 Sept 1955 p 13 Times Digital Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Graham Symonds amp oldid 1156942286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
