Brazilian racewalker

Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim (born 19 March 1991) is a Brazilian racewalker. In the 20 km walk, he is a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Championships, and finished 4th at the 2016 Olympic Games. His mother, Gianetti Bonfim, was also an international racewalker for Brazil.

He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 39th.

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.

At the 2015 IAAF World Championships, he finished 6th with a time of 1:20:44.

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, 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.

At the 2017 World Championships held in London, Bonfim won the bronze medal, the first for a Brazilian in this sport, again lowering his Brazilian record, with a mark of 1:19:04.

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, he won the silver medal in the 20 km, just 7 seconds behind Ecuadorian Brian Daniel Alvez.

He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Contents

• 1 Personal bests
  • 1.1 Road walk
  • 1.2 Track walk
• 2 International compe*ions
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Personal bests

Road walk

• 10:km: 43:04 min – San Salvador, 1 May 2009
• 20:km: 1:18:47 hrs – La Coruña, 8 Jun 2019
• 50:km: 3:47:02 hrs – Rio de Janeiro, 19 Aug 2016

Track walk

• 5000 m: 19:47.99 min – Fortaleza, 11 May 2011
• 10,000 m: 40:40.0 min (ht) – Blumenau, 23 May 2009
• 20,000 m: 1:20:13.68h hrs (ht) – Bragança Paulista, 25 April 2021

International compe*ions

References

External links

• Caio Bonfim at World Athletics
• Caio Bonfim at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)