title: Graham Sykes
text: # Graham Sykes
  
  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.
  
  He represented England and won a bronze medal in the medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. 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. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards backstroke title five times (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960).
  
  