Definition & Meaning | English word BACKSTROKER

Definitions of BACKSTROKER

1. A swimmer who uses the style backstroke

Examples of Using BACKSTROKER in a Sentence

• Popov started out as a backstroker but switched to freestyle when he joined Gennadi Touretski's squad in 1990 on the initiative by the head coach of the USSR National Team Gleb Petrov.
• He coached the University of Texas Women's team from 1989 to 1992 where he mentored NCAA champions, including Leigh Ann Fetter, Whitney Hedgepeth, and backstroker Beth Barr.
• backstroker, McKinney was the pioneer of the modern bent-arm backstrokers, even as Oyakawa had been the last of the straight-arm school.
• In one of his greatest achievements in international competition on August 18, 1983, Gribble won three gold medals at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, where he teamed with backstroker Rick Carey, breaststroker Steve Lundquist, and freestyler Rowdy Gaines, setting a world record in the 400-meter medley relay of 3:40.
• The quartet consisted of backstroker Mark Kerry, breaststroker Peter Evans, butterflyer Mark Tonelli, and freestyler Neil Brooks.
• Australia's Quietly Confident Quartet, however, composed of backstroker Mark Kerry, breaststroker Peter Evans, butterflyer Mark Tonelli, and freestyler Neil Brooks, surprisingly won the final in 3:45.
• Additionally, Blume helped the Danish foursome of backstroker Mie Nielsen, breaststroker and world-record holder Rikke Møller Pedersen, and butterfly sprinter and four-time Olympian Jeanette Ottesen beat the European record for the bronze medal in the women's medley relay final.
• In August 1954, he swam breaststroke with the team of backstroker Bill Sonner, Butterflier Dick Fadgen, and Freestyler Dave McIntyre and won the 400-meter medley relay at the National AAU Swimming meet in Indianapolis with a time of 4:34.

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