Herbert Haresnape

{{Short description|British swimmer}}

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| name = Herbert Haresnape

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| fullname = Herbert Nickal Haresnape

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| national_team = Great Britain

| strokes = Backstroke

| club = Liverpool Swimming Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|7|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|12|17|1880|7|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Birkenhead, England

| height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|128|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1908 London | 100 m backstroke}}

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Herbert Nickal Haresnape (2 July 1880 – 17 December 1962) was an English competitive swimmer from West Derby,England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Herbert Nickal Haresnape; Jul-Aug-Sep quarter 1880; District: West Derby; Volume: 8b; Page: 426. who represented Great Britain in two Olympic Games in the early 1900s.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/47276 |title=Herbert Haresnape |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}

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.