Herbert Haresnape

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,[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

• 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