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Herbert Haresnape

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Nickal Haresnape
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
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London 100 m backstroke

Herbert Nickal 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.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Herbert Nickal Haresnape; Jul-Aug-Sep quarter 1880; District: West Derby; Volume: 8b; Page: 426.
2. "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.
• Herbert Haresnape at Olympedia

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