Rolf Egon Kestener (8 July 1930 – 8 October 1998) was a former international freestyle

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from

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who participated in a

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for his native country. He was born in

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. His son, Cláudio Kestener, participated in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, in

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. He was one of the founders of Paineiras do Morumby club. 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 ...

, in

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, he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, along with Aram Boghossian,

Willy Otto Jordan Willy Otto Jordan (15 September 1920 – 7 October 2019) was a Brazilian swimmer. Born in São Paulo, he took up swimming in 1932 at the age of 12 and, by the end of the decade, was one of the most prominent names in the city's blooming swimming ...

and Sérgio Rodrigues. He also swam the 1500-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. In the 1950s, he started to compete for the Brazilian water polo team and was on the South American champion team in 1954. At the

1955 Pan American Games The 1955 Pan American Games opened on March 12, 1955, in the University Stadium (now Olympic Stadium) in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators. A total number of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review ...

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, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo. He broke two times the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle, both in London at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was also a diving athlete.Olimpianos - Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: ROLF KESTENER
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kestener, Rolf 1930 births 1998 deaths Swimmers from São Paulo Brazilian male water polo players Brazilian male butterfly swimmers Brazilian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Brazil Water polo players at the 1955 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people