Leonel Gabriel

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Leonel Gabriel , full name Leonel Gabriel Píriz , (born July 13, 1919 in Montevideo , † January 21, 2005 ) was a Uruguayan swimmer and water polo player .

Gabriel was a member of the Uruguayan squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . At the games in England he was a member of the water polo team and finished with the team after two defeats against Belgium (1:10) and the USA (0: 7) in 13th place in the Olympic tournament won by Italy. He also took part with the Uruguayan team in the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires . There he started swimming.

Individual evidence

  1. Leonel Gabriel in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 4, 2015