Asnoldo Devonish
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| File:Asnoldo Devonish 1952 Helsinki.png Devonish in his 1952 Olympics kit (uniform) | |
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| Full name | Asnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero |
| Born | June 15, 1932 |
| Died | January 1, 1997 (aged 64) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Asnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero[1] (June 15, 1932 – January 1, 1997) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete who won the first Olympic medal for his native country.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he finished third in the Men's Triple Jump Final, with a distance of 15 metres and 52 centimetres, behind Adhemar da Silva (Brazil) and Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union).[2]
In 1990, he was awarded the Olympic Order by the IOC for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement.[3]
His death, after 18 months of illness, was mourned nationally, and his funeral was attended by president Rafael Caldera, who called him “a great Venezuelan”.
International competitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Venezuela
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| 1951 | Bolivarian Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | Long jump | 7.20 m |
| 1st | Triple jump | 15.00 m | |||
| 1952 | Olympic Games | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | Triple jump | 15.52 m |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.13 m |
| 1961 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | Triple jump | 14.68 m |
| Bolivarian Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | Triple jump | 14.13 m | |
| 1963 | South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | Triple jump | 15.09 m |
| 1965 | South American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | Triple jump | 14.33 m |
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Categories:
- 1932 births
- 1997 deaths
- Venezuelan men triple jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Venezuela
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Maracaibo
- Recipients of the Olympic Order
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
- Venezuelan athletics biography stubs
- South American Olympic medalist stubs
- Venezuelan sportspeople stubs