Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim (born 19 March 1991)[1] is a Brazilian racewalker.[2][3] In the 20 km walk, he was a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games and a bronze medalist at the 2017 and 2023 World Championships. He also finished 4th at the 2016 Olympic Games. His mother, Gianetti Bonfim, was also an international racewalker for Brazil.[4]
 Caio Bonfim in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim |
| Born | 19 March 1991 Sobradinho, Federal District, Brazil |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Racewalking |
Medal record | |
Career
editHe competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 39th.[5]
In 2013 he won bronze at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[6]
In May 2015 he won silver at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[7]
At the 2015 Pan American Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 20 kilometres walk with a time of 1:24:43. He broke a 24-year fast without Brazil winning medals in this event at the Pan American Games, since Marcelo Palma's bronze in 1991.[8]
At the 2015 IAAF World Championships, he finished 6th with a time of 1:20:44, equaling Brazil's best result in the sport at World Championships. Bonfim repeated the position of Sérgio Galdino from Santa Catarina at the World Championship in Stuttgart (Germany), in 1993.[9]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bonfim competed well. In the Men's 20 kilometres walk, he finished 4th with a time of 1:19:42, a Brazilian record, just 5 seconds behind the bronze medalist. In the Men's 50 kilometres walk, he finished 9th, again breaking the Brazilian record with a time of 3:47:02.[10][11]
At the 2017 World Championships held in London, Bonfim won the bronze medal, the first for a Brazilian in this sport, in the 20 km walk, again lowering his Brazilian record, with a mark of 1:19:04.[12]
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, he won the silver medal in the 20 km walk, just 7 seconds behind Ecuadorian Brian Daniel Alvez.[13] He also finished 4th in the 50 km walk.[14]
He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[15][16]
In May 2021 he won silver at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[17]
At the 2022 South American Games he won a gold medal in the 35 km walk and a bronze medal in the 20 km walk. With this, he was chosen as the male flag bearer for Team Brazil at the Closing Ceremony of the South American Games.[18]
At the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Bonfim won his second bronze medal at the World Championships in the Men's 20 kilometres walk, breaking the Brazilian record, with a time of 1:17.47.[19]
At the 2023 Pan American Games, Bonfim won silver in the 20 kilometres walk, completing the race in 1:19.24. During the 20km, he took the lead a few times, alternating with David Hurtado, who finished in front with 1:19.20 and broke the Pan American Games record.[20] In the debut of the Race walk mixed team, Bonfim and Viviane Lyra obtained the bronze medal.[21]
In March 2024, at the Taicang GP, in China, he broke the Brazilian record for the 20 km walk, which was already his, with a time of 1.17:44. This time is just 23 seconds off the South American record of 1.17:21, set by the Ecuadorian Jefferson Pérez and 1 minute and 8 seconds off the world record of 1:16.36 made by the Japanese Yusuke Suzuki.[22]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 20 km race walk, the first in Brazil's history.[23]
Personal bests
editRoad walk
edit- 10 km: 39:03 min –
Madrid, 30 Apr 2023 - 20 km: 1:17:44 hrs –
Taicang, 3 Mar 2024 - 50 km: 3:47:02 hrs – Rio de Janeiro, 19 Aug 2016
Track walk
edit- 5000 m: 19:47.99 min – Fortaleza, 11 May 2011
- 10,000 m: 39:57.59 min (ht) – La Nucia, 21 May 2022
- 20,000 m: 1:19:52.1h hrs (ht) – Bragança Paulista, 27 June 2024
International competitions
editReferences
edit- ^ "Treinado pelos pais, brasiliense passa a colher resultados na marcha atlética". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Biography – BONFIM Caio, PASO, retrieved 4 February 2015
- ^ Caio Bonfim, o "Messias anunciado" por Gianetti Sena, é penta na Copa Brasil (in Portuguese). Brasil2016. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Men's 20km Race Walk Results". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Catálogo atleta caio bonfim
- ^ "Brasileiro é prata na Copa Pan-Americana de marcha". espn.com.br.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim é bronze na marcha atlética". Gazeta do Povo.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim é 6º e iguala recorde do Brasil na marcha atlética em Mundiais – 23/08/2015 – Esporte – Folha de S.Paulo". folha.uol.com.br.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim bate recorde do Brasil mas fica a cinco segundos do bronze". www.uol.com.br.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim, da marcha atlética, vai disputar Campeonato Australiano de 50km neste sábado". ge. 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim faz prova incrível e leva 1ª medalha da história da marcha brasileira".
- ^ "É prata! Caio Bonfim fica com o segundo lugar nos 20km da marcha atlética no Pan de Lima". ge. 4 August 2019.
- ^ Cunha, Gustavo. "Caio Bonfim termina em quarto na marcha atlética 50km em Lima". Rede do Esporte.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim bate índice olímpico pela quarta vez e vence Troféu Brasil". Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Athletics BONFIM Caio – Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim conquista a prata na Copa Pan-Americana de marcha atlética". ge. 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Brasil define porta-bandeiras para encerramento nos Jogos Sul-Americanos". Terra.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim conquista o bronze na marcha no Mundial de atletismo". ge. 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim conquista a prata nos 20km da marcha atlética no Pan-Americano". UOL. 29 October 2023.
- ^ Brasil, Comitê Olímpico do. "Caio Bonfim e Viviane Lyra ficam com bronze em prova inédita d..." Comitê Olímpico do Brasil.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim conquista o bronze no GP de La Coruña". www.bol.uol.com.br.
- ^ "Caio Bonfim faz história e conquista a prata na marcha atlética das Olimpíadas de Paris". ge. 1 August 2024.
