Graham Sykes

Graham Sykes (20 July 1937 – 26 November 2008) was an English competitive swimmer.

Graham Sykes

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	20 July 1937 Coventry, England
Died	26 November 2008 (aged 71) Stoneleigh, England
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	Backstroke, Freestyle
Club	Coventry SC
Medal record Swimming Representing  England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff medley relay 1962 Perth 110y backstroke 1962 Perth medley relay

Biography

Born in Coventry, he represented Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool^[2] and subsequently represented the English team^[3] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He competed in the 110 yards backstroke event and helped England secure a bronze medal in the final of the men's 4 x 110 yards medley relay, with Christopher Walkden, Graham Symonds and Neil McKechnie.^[4]

Four years later he won a gold medal in the 110 yards backstroke and a silver medal in the medley relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.^[5] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards backstroke title five times (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960).^[6][7][8][9]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)