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Enrique Leite
Personal information
Born (1963-12-12) December 12, 1963 (age 61)
Villa del Cerro, Montevideo, Uruguay
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
South American Games
Gold medal – first place1982 Rosario400m individual medley
Gold medal – first place1982 Rosario200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place1981 Medellin400m individual medley
Bronze medal – third place1981 Medellin200m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place1981 Medellin200m individual medley
South American Swimming Championships
Gold medal – first place1982 La Paz400m individual medley
Gold medal – first place1982 La Paz200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place1982 La Paz200m individual medley
Bronze medal – third place1984 Rio de Janeiro400m individual medley

Enrique Leite (born December 12, 1963) is a physical education teacher, swimming coach, lifeguard and a Uruguayan sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events.

South American Championships

In 1979, he won a bronze medal in the South American Swimming Championship in São Paulo, Brazil.

For the 1982 South American Swimming Championship in La Paz, Bolivia, he became the first Uruguayan male swimmer in obtaining a gold medal for Uruguay: he gold in the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke, a silver for 200m individual medley with a final count of seven medals including the Uruguayan team relays.

In 1984, South American Swimming Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won bronze for the 400m individual medley.

In 1986, he was a water polo player for the Uruguay National Team at the South American Water Polo Championship in Santiago, Chile.

South American Games

As a Uruguayan Team swimmer participated in South American Games in Buenos Aires 1980, Medellìn 1981 (silver in the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke, and bronze in the 200m individual medley among other Uruguay relays medals.

In 1982 was a member of the Uruguayan National Swimming team for the South American Games in Rosario, Argentina where was gold for the 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke among other medals obtained individually and as a member of the Uruguay relays team.

Pan American Games

Participated as a swimmer for the Uruguay national team at the 1979 Pan American Games and the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela.

World Championships

Participated in the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Olympics

In 1980, was named to be a member of the Uruguayan national swimming team for the Moscow Olympics but finally Uruguay adhered to the Boycott and did not participate in those games.

Canoeing career

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