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 Devonish in his 1952 Olympics kit (uniform) | |
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| Full name | Asnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero |
| Born | June 15, 1932 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela |
| 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]
- ^ "El único, Devonish: El 23 de julio de 1952, el atleta Asnoldo Devonish se convierte en el primer medallista olímpico del país" [The only one, Devonish: On July 23, 1952, the athlete Asnoldo Devonish becomes the first Olympic medalist of the country] (in Spanish). Tal Cual. July 23, 2012. (English translation via Google)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Asnoldo Devonish". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Olympic Review (PDF). International Olympic Committee. November 1990. pp. 507–508.
Asnoldo Vicente DEVONISH ROMERO (VEN), is the only Venezuelan to have won an Olympic medal in track and field.