Name Carmelo Bentancur | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born July 4, 1899 ( 1899-07-04 ) | ||
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 caballery.
He was several times the national fencing champion and was the Uruguayan representative in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
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