Enrique Leite (born December 12, 1963) is a physical education teacher, swimming coach, lifeguard and an

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who competed in the early 1990s. At the

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, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events.

Swimming career

South American Championships

In 1979 he won a bronze medal in the South American Swimming Championship in São Paulo, Brazil. For the 1982 South American Swimming Championship in La Paz, Bolivia, he became the first Uruguayan male swimmer in obtaining a gold medal for Uruguay: he gold in the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke, a silver for 200m individual medley with a final count of seven medals including the Uruguayan team relays. In 1984 South American Swimming Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won bronze for the 400m individual medley. In 1986 he was a

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player for the Uruguay National Team at the South American Water Polo Championship in Santiago, Chile.

South American Games

As a Uruguayan Team swimmer participated in

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nati ...

in Buenos Aires 1980, Medellìn 1981 (silver in the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke, and bronze in the 200m individual medley among other Uruguay relays medals. In 1982 was a member of the Uruguayan National Swimming team for the South American Games in Rosario, Argentina where was gold for the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke among other medals obtained individually and as a member of the Uruguay relays team.

Pan American Games

Participated as a swimmer for the Uruguay national team at the

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and the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

in Caracas, Venezuela.

World Championships

Participated in the

1982 World Aquatics Championships The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines: *Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female); *Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 14 ...

in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Olympics

In 1980 was named to be a member of the Uruguayan national swimming team for the Moscow Olympics but finally Uruguay adhered to the Boycott and did not participate in those games.

Canoeing career

In 1988 while studying physical education, started practicing flat water kayaking on his brother's recommendation. As a paddler, was part of the Uruguayan National Canoeing team for the World Canoeing Championship in Poznan, Poland

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and Paris

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as well as for the Pre-Olympics at Barcelona in 1991. In 1991 was a member of the Uruguayan National Canoeing Team for the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

in La Habana, Cuba, where he placed fifth for the K1-1000m, which qualified him to be in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

Personal life

Enrique Leite is the only athlete in Uruguay in making the national team for Pan American Games or Olympics in two different sport disciplines, swimming and canoeing. As a swimming coach he had taken the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club Summer Swimming team to the first place in 1984. In 2008 and 2009 Optimist South American Championships held in Paracas- Perú and Salinas- Ecuador he was the Team Leader of the Uruguayan National Optimist Team

References

Sports-Reference.com profile
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