Bartholomeus Roodenburch (29 June 1866 – 16 July 1939) was a Dutch

backstroke 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. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...

swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Roodenburch was born in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

. Aged 42, he participated in the 100 meter backstroke competition of the 1908 Olympics, but he was eliminated in the first round, finishing 13th with a time of 1:36.2. He died in

Oegstgeest Oegstgeest () is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Its population was in . Etymology The portion ''geest'' in the name refers to the geest lands, which were excavated in the seventeenth cen ...

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1866 births 1939 deaths Dutch male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub