Personal information | |
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Full name | Rolf Egon Kestener |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 8 July 1930 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Died | 8 October 1998[1] | (aged 68)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Medal record |
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.[2][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]