Carmelo Bentancur
Personal information
Born(1899-07-04)July 4, 1899
Durazno, Uruguay
Sport
SportFencing

Carmelo Bentancur (born July 4, 1899, date of death unknown) was born in Durazno, Uruguay. He enlisted in the army with his brother, Cecilio, and served as a pilot but after an air accident he joined the cavalry.

Bentancur was several times the national fencing champion and was the Uruguayan representative in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[1][2]

References

  1. Juegos Olimpicos Archived March 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Carmelo Bentancur Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
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