Rolf Kestener Explained

Rolf Kestener
Full Name:Rolf Egon Kestener
Birth Place:São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Death Date:[1]
Strokes:Butterfly

Rolf Egon Kestener (8 July 1930 – 8 October 1998) was a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country. He was born in São Paulo.[2] His son, Cláudio Kestener, participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow.[3]

He was one of the founders of Paineiras do Morumby club.[4]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics, in London, he finished 8th in the 4×200-metre freestyle final, along with Aram Boghossian, Willy Otto Jordan and Sérgio Rodrigues. He also swam the 1500-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals.[5]

In the 1950s, he started to compete for the Brazilian water polo team and was on the South American champion team in 1954.[6]

At the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, he won the bronze medal in the Water Polo.[7] [8] [9] He broke two times the Brazilian record in the 1500-metre freestyle, both in London at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[10]

He was also a diving athlete.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rolf Kestener . olimpianos.com.br . Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros . pt.
  2. Rolf Kestener . 5 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/rolf-kestener-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020.
  3. Cláudio Kestener . 5 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190122/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/claudio-kestener-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020.
  4. http://www.olimpianos.com.br/consulta_verb.php?&cod=619&mod=Nata%E7%E3o Olimpianos - Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: ROLF KESTENER
  5. Web site: Brazil finals at Olympic Games . Best Swimming . 7 August 2008 . 5 May 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130628045901/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2008/08/07/o-brasil-em-olimpadas-as-finais-9663/ . 28 June 2013.
  6. http://www.olimpianos.com.br/consulta_verb.php?&cod=619&mod=Nata%E7%E3o Olimpianos - Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: ROLF KESTENER
  7. Web site: Brazil medals at 1955 Pan . UOL . 2007 . 2 May 2013 . pt.
  8. Web site: A creditable bronze in Mexico-1955 . PoloAquatico . 30 March 2006 . 5 May 2013 . pt.
  9. Web site: Brazilian medalists at 1955 Pan . Folha de S.Paulo . 2007 . 8 May 2013 . pt.
  10. Web site: Historical progression of Brazilian record of 1500-metre freestyle . Best Swimming . 8 April 2015 . 15 April 2015 . pt.
  11. http://www.olimpianos.com.br/consulta_verb.php?&cod=619&mod=Nata%E7%E3o Olimpianos - Atletas Olímpicos Brasileiros: ROLF KESTENER

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