Graham Sykes
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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 20 July 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 November 2008 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2] 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.[3] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards backstroke title five times (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960).[4][5][6][7]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
References
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "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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- 1930 – 1934: 100 yards
- 1938 – 1966: 110 yards
- 1970 – present: 100 metres
- 1930: Bill Trippett (ENG)
- 1934: Willie Francis (SCO)
- 1938: Percy Oliver (AUS)
- 1950: Jackie Wiid (SAF)
- 1954: John Brockway (WAL)
- 1958: John Monckton (AUS)
- 1962: Graham Sykes (ENG)
- 1966: Peter Reynolds (AUS)
- 1970: Bill Kennedy (CAN)
- 1974: Mark Tonelli (AUS)
- 1978: Glenn Patching (AUS)
- 1982: Mike West (CAN)
- 1986: Mark Tewksbury (CAN)
- 1990: Mark Tewksbury (CAN)
- 1994: Martin Harris (ENG)
- 1998: Mark Versfeld (CAN)
- 2002: Matt Welsh (AUS)
- 2006: Liam Tancock (ENG)
- 2010: Liam Tancock (ENG)
- 2014: Chris Walker-Hebborn (ENG)
- 2018: Mitch Larkin (AUS)
- 2022: Pieter Coetze (RSA)
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