backstroker

plural backstrokers

1. A swimmer who uses the style backstroke.

   I swam differently from the other backstrokers," he says. "

   1998 August 28, Ted Kleine, “Pool Hustler”, in Chicago Reader

   1 more example

   Matt Grevers was struggling to keep his head above water in a deep pool of backstrokers when a coach from the Netherlands offered him a preserver.

   2008 July 13, Karen Crouse, “Wooed by Netherlands, a Swimmer Stays for the Challenge”, in New York Times