Career
He was also a local-body politician and a disability advocate. Condon was rendered a paraplegic after contracting childhood polio. Condon was the only New Zealander to take part in six consecutive Paralympics.
During the Marathon, he was with a bloc of competitors from Australia, America, and Canada when he hit a pothole around the 20-kilometre (12 mi) mark, causing the competitor behind him, Robert McIntyre, to lose his balance and flip upside down.
Condon helped McIntyre back into position and ended up coming third. Condon was elected as a Christchurch city councillor in 1995 and served four terms as a city councillor.
He was standing for re-election for the Shirley-Papanui ward in the October 2007 election. On Saturday 8 September 2007 the 58-year-old Condon was killed in an accident involving a car while riding his hand-propelled bicycle.
He was struck by a fifteen-year-old driver on Lower Styx Road, Brooklands.
The funeral was held at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament where hundreds of mourners paid their respects. The Graham Condon Recreation and Sports Centre in Papanui, which opened on 9 October 2011, is named after him. Parafed Canterbury have also named a scholarship after him.
