Johan George Cortlever (4 August 1885 in

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– 14 April 1972 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), 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 disa ...

swimmer and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who competed in the

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and in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. In 1908, he competed in the 100 metre backstroke competition, but he was eliminated in the first round. He was part of the Dutch water polo team, which finished fourth in the 1908 tournament. Twelve years later he was a member of the Dutch water polo team, which finished sixth in the 1920 tournament.

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Johan Cortlever
at Sports-reference.com 1885 births 1972 deaths Dutch male backstroke swimmers Dutch male water polo players Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub