Enrique Alberto Kistenmacher (4 April 1923 – 11 February 1990) was an Argentine

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

. At the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

he finished fourth in decathlon and tenth in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He became South American decathlon champion in 1947 and 1949. In long jump he became South American champion in 1949 and won the bronze medal in 1947.South American Championships (Men)
- GBR Athletics

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* 1923 births 1990 deaths Argentine male long jumpers Argentine decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Argentina Argentine people of German descent Place of birth missing 20th-century Argentine people {{Argentina-athletics-bio-stub