Gianetti Bonfim

Gianetti Bonfim
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Brazil
South American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Manaus 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Cali 20 km walk

Gianetti Oliveira de Sena Bonfim (born 13 March 1965) is a Brazilian female former racewalking athlete who competed in the 20 kilometres race walk. Her best for that distance was 1:41:07 hours.[1] She was twice a medallist at the South American Championships in Athletics.[2] She was a seven-time national champion at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, winning consecutively from 1996 to 2002.[3]

Bonfim was a three-time competitor at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, being part of the Brazilian teams in 1999, 2002 and 2004. Her best finish was 62nd.[4] She was the 10,000 m walk gold medallist at the 1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – being the first Brazilian to win a walking title at the competition.[5]

Her son, Caio Bonfim, is also an international racewalker for Brazil.[6]

  1. ^ Gianetti Oliveira DE SENA BONFIM. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.
  2. ^ South American Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.
  3. ^ Brazilian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.
  4. ^ Gianetti de Sena Bonfim. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.
  5. ^ Ibero-American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.
  6. ^ Caio Bonfim, o "Messias anunciado" por Gianetti Sena, é penta na Copa Brasil (in Portuguese). Brasil2016. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.