Herbert Haresnape
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Full name | Herbert Nickal Haresnape | |||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||
Born | Liverpool, England | 2 July 1880|||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 1962 Birkenhead, England | (aged 82)|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg; 9.1 st) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||
Club | Liverpool Swimming Club | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Herbert Nickal Haresnape (2 July 1880 – 17 December 1962) was an English competitive swimmer from West Derby,[1] who represented Great Britain in two Olympic Games in the early 1900s.[2]
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won a bronze medal in the men's 100-metre backstroke. Four years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, he advanced to the semifinals in 100-metre backstroke.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Herbert Nickal Haresnape; Jul-Aug-Sep quarter 1880; District: West Derby; Volume: 8b; Page: 426.
- ^ "Herbert Haresnape". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External links[]
- Herbert Haresnape's profile at databaseOlympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bert Haresnape". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.
Categories:
- 1880 births
- 1962 deaths
- English male swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Liverpool
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- British swimming Olympic medallist stubs