Graham Sykes
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1937 Coventry, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 November 2008 (aged 71) Stoneleigh, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Backstroke, Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Coventry SC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Graham Sykes (20 July 1937 – 26 November 2008) was an English competitive swimmer.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Greater Triumphs Ahead For Miss Steward." Times, 26 Sept. 1960, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""McKechnie Gains Title Easily." Times, 5 Sept. 1956, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Four Swimming Records." Times, 11 Sept. 1957, p. 14". Times Digital Archive.
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