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.
He was several times the national
fencing champion and was the Uruguayan representative in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
in Berlin.
Juegos Olimpicos
References
1899 births
Year of death missing
Uruguayan male sabre fencers
Olympic fencers for Uruguay
Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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