Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word BACKSTROKE

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Definitions of BACKSTROKE

1. To swim the backstroke.
2. A backhanded stroke or blow.
3. (swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
4. (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)

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Examples of Using BACKSTROKE in a Sentence

• A 1936 Berlin Olympics champion backstroke swimmer, Alice Bridges, then of Uxbridge, trained in the local gym pool (Whitin Community Center) in Whitinsville.
• Brigitte van der Lans (born 1968 in Hoevelaken), former backstroke swimmer, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
• Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back.
• In high school, collegiate, and Olympic swimming, there are two undulating strokes (breaststroke and butterfly stroke) and two alternating strokes (front crawl and backstroke).
• When transitioning from Butterfly to Backstroke, swimmers must abide by FINA rules and regulations in regards to turns.
• Her record in 200 m backstroke remained the oldest European record until 1 August 2009, when Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) broke it at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.
• American Jeff Rouse, world record holder in the 100m backstroke, had beaten Tewksbury at the 1991 Pan Pacific Games and 1991 World Aquatics Championships the year before and was heavily favored to win gold.
• Peirsol then competed in the 200-meter backstroke but did not qualify to swim in the medal-awarding final, with Lochte and Tyler Clary taking the top two American spots.
• Thirteen of them had previously competed in Sydney, including track cyclist Wong Kam Po, Mistral windsurfer and 1996 Olympic champion Lee Lai Shan, and backstroke swimmer Sherry Tsai, who eventually became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
• Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, in the Olympic Aquatic Centre was competed in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly (classes Sn), the breaststroke (classes SBn) and individual medley (classes SMn).
• Particularly sporty at school, Askwith represented the school at football, rugby and cricket and after joining the Ruislip and Northwood Swimming Club, he represented the South Counties at backstroke.
• On the greens, Locke was a bona fide genius, using a very unusual putting style (he would bring the putter back far to the inside on the backstroke, then virtually "trap" the ball with a hooded, closed clubface on the forward stroke, imparting a tremendous amount of overspin), and a great eye for reading breaks, to put on veritable putting clinics every time he played.
• Still only eighteen, Riggin competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris in both diving and swimming, winning a silver medal in the 3m springboard diving and a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke swimming event.
• Caulkins was noted for her versatility and ability in all four major competitive swimming strokes: the butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle.
• In Palma de Mallorca she took a ninth place in the individual 100 m backstroke, swum the prelims in the silver medal winning 4×100 m freestyle team and came fourth in the 4×100 m medley alongside breaststroker Hanna Jaltner, butterfly swimmer Ellenor Svensson and Linda Olofsson on the freestyle leg.
• Dear followed the album with Backstroke in 2004 and has also begun working under the harder-edged Audion alias, apart from additional monikers False and Jabberjaw.
• national swimming championship in the backstroke (and competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics), son Bruk medalled in beach volleyball in the 1994 Goodwill Games, and daughter Heather was captain of the U.
• 1977 – George Devine Award to Robert Holman for German Skerries
  1979 – George Devine Award to Jonathan Gems for The Tax Exile
  1982 – Samuel Beckett Award for Coming Clean by Kevin Elyot
  1986 – Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement to Robert Holman for Making Noises Quietly
  1989 – John Whiting Award for Handful of Stars by Billy Roche
  1993 – Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement to Billy Roche for The Wexford Trilogy
  1993 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Jane Coles for Backstroke In A Crowded Pool
  1993 – John Whiting Award for The Clearing by Helen Edmundson
  1994 – John Whiting Award for Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey
  1995 – Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey
  1996 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Naomi Wallace for One Flea Spare
  1997 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to Conor McPherson for This Lime Tree Bower
  1998 – George Devine Award to Helen Blakeman for Caravan
  1998 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to Daragh Carville for Language Roulette
  1999 – George Devine Award to Mark O'Rowe for Howie the Rookie
  2005 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to Stephen Thompson for Damages
  2006 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Amelia Bullmore for Mammals
  2007 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Abbie Spallen for Pumpgirl'
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• In the Swimming events, Antonio Leon Candia took part in the Men's 100 metre Breaststroke and Andrea Prono in the Women's 100 metre Backstroke.
• The Japanese 4 × 100 metres medley relay team of Keiji Hase (backstroke), Masaru Furukawa (breaststroke), Manabu Koga (freestyle) and Takashi Ishimoto (butterfly) won the gold medal with a time of 4:17.
• The hosts' team included the silver medallists in the 100 m backstroke and breaststroke, and their butterflyer had come fifth.
• Kerry bounced back in the 200 m backstroke and won his heat to qualify third-fastest, In the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, he combined with Tonelli, Graeme Brewer and Ron McKeon as Australia came seventh after qualifying fourth.
• As Kerry outpaced Tonelli to finish seventh in the event, he was selected ahead of Tonelli for the backstroke leg in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
• His outstanding male swimmers included 1936 Olympic gold medalist and diver Richard Degener, 1932 freestyle Olympic medalist Jim Cristy, 1936 Olympian and Coach Taylor Drysdale, NCAA Backstroke champion and world record holder Harry Holiday, 1952 Olympians Burwell Jones and backstroke gold medalist John Davies, 1953-55 NCAA freestyle champion Jack Wardrop and brother 1952 backstroke Olympian Bert Wardrop.
• In the 200-meter backstroke, Lochte won the bronze medal, finishing behind Peirsol and Ryosuke Irie of Japan.

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