Gerardo Bönnhoff

Gerardo Bönnhoff
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Buenos Aires 4x100 m relay
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1947 Rio de Janeiro 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1947 Rio de Janeiro 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1947 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 metres relay
Silver medal – second place 1949 Lima 4×100 metres relay
Gold medal – first place 1952 Buenos Aires 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1952 Buenos Aires 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1952 Buenos Aires 4×100 metres relay
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Buenos Aires 4×400 metres relay}
Silver medal – second place 1956 Santiago 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Santiago 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1956 Santiago 4×100 metres relay
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Santiago 4×400 metres relay

Gerardo Bönnhoff (24 June 1926 – 26 December 2013) was a German-born Argentine athlete who competed mainly in sprinting.[1]

Born in Berlin, his family moved to Argentina when Bönnhoff was 10 years old.[2] He excelled at the 100m and 200m, and in 1945 he became the 100m Junior South American record holder running in a time of 10.3 sec.[2]

He competed in the 100 m, 200 m and the 4 × 100 m, at the 1948 Summer Olympics but did not get past the 2nd round in any.[1] In 1951 he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires in the 4 × 100 m relay. He reached the final of the 200 m in the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished sixth.[1]

Bönnhoff was a co-founder of the Confederación Argentina de Atletismo, (CADA).[2]

He died on 26 December 2013 in Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Buenos Aires.[1]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Argentina
1948 Olympics London, England 5th, QF 4 100 m
1948 Olympics London, England 4th, Qtr 2 200 m

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gerardo Bonnhoff". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Gerardo Bönnhoff, Goodbye". Damian Caceres. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.


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