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backstroker

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back·stroke  (bkstrk)
n.
1. Sports
a. A swimming stroke performed on one's back, especially one using alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
b. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
2. A backhanded stroke or motion.
3. A stroke or motion in the direction of an original starting point: a saw that cuts on the backstroke.
backstroke v.
backstroker n.
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Noun1.backstroker - someone who swims the backstrokebackstroker - someone who swims the backstroke    
swimmer - a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer"
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Backstroker Proud enjoyed a highlysuccessful junior career but appeared to struggle to make the transition to senior ranks.
GB team a blend of youth and experience; SWIMMING by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Fellow backstroker Liam Tancock had high hopes in the men's event, but finished in a tie for fourth place.
Spofforth sets world record to claim gold in fingertip finish by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
She thus became the first Briton since Katy Sexton - also a Portsmouth Northsea backstroker - and James Gibson to claim world gold since their victories in Barcelona in 2003.
Victory was for my late Mum: Gemma by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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