Cláudio Kestener

Cláudio Kestener
Personal information
Full name Cláudio Mamede Kestener
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1961-12-20) December 20, 1961
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly

Cláudio Mamede Kestener (born December 20, 1961 in São Paulo) is a former international butterfly swimmer from Brazil, who participated in a Summer Olympics for his native country.[1]

He is the son of Rolf Kestener, who participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in London.[2]

At the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow, he finished 8th in the 4×100-metre medley final,[3] breaking the South American record.[4] He also swam the 100m and 200m butterfly, not reaching the finals.[1]

In 1981 he was the Brazilian record holder of the 100-metre butterfly, with a time of 57.12 seconds.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sports Reference Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. "Sports Reference Rolf's Profile". Sports Reference. 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  3. "Qualifying - Day 7 - Friday - 03/8". CBDA (in Portuguese). August 2, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. "Towards Moswow - part III". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 26, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  5. "80's start, and the Prado age". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). July 16, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2013.



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