Graham Sykes

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

Swimming career

Born in Coventry, he represented Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/graham-sykes-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/graham-sykes-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Olympic Profile|website=Sports Reference}}

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52863|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=29 July 2019|archive-date=29 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729125009/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52863|url-status=dead}} At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards backstroke title five times (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960).{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS85417786/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=22d38f6b|title=From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Greater Triumphs Ahead For Miss Steward." Times, 26 Sept. 1960, p. 5|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS218453797/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=69b2920e|title="McKechnie Gains Title Easily." Times, 5 Sept. 1956, p. 13|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS252271911/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a456c31b|title="Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS235493675/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5d880366|title="Four Swimming Records." Times, 11 Sept. 1957, p. 14|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}