Carmelo Bentancur

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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 Olympic games at Berlin.^[1]