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Herbert Haresnape

Herbert Haresnape
Personal information
Full name Herbert Nickal Haresnape
Nickname(s) "Bert"
National team  Great Britain
Born (1880-07-02)2 July 1880
Liverpool, England
Died 17 December 1962(1962-12-17) (aged 82)
Birkenhead, England
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

Herbert Nickal "Bert" Haresnape (2 July 1880 – 17 December 1962) was an English competitive swimmer from West Derby, who represented Great Britain in two Olympic Games in the early 1900s.

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.



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