BACKSTROKER Definition & Meaning

backstroker

[ bak-stroh-ker ]

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noun

a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.

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Origin of backstroker¹

backstroke + -er ¹

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She had a swimming scholarship to the University of Michigan, where she was a backstroker.

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“I don’t know, like, the physiology of it. I just know when I shave I feel higher in the water. I feel fast,” said backstroker Ryan Murphy, a four-time Olympic gold medalist.

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Some had been freestylers or backstrokers who grew bored of swimming in straight lines.

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“It was an incredible eight days with this team,” veteran backstroker Ryan Murphy, one of Team USA’s captains in Budapest, told reporters.

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Rylov, who has long been one of the world’s top backstrokers, denied being involved in any doping schemes.

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