Asnoldo Devonish

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Asnoldo Devonish

Devonish in his 1952 Olympics kit (uniform)
Personal information
Full name	Asnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero
Born	(1932-06-15)June 15, 1932 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
Died	January 1, 1997(1997-01-01) (aged 64) Caracas, Venezuela
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Venezuela Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Triple jump Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City Triple jump Bolivarian Games 1951 Caracas Long jump 1951 Caracas Triple jump 1961 Barranquilla Triple jump

Asnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero (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).

In 1990, he was awarded the Olympic Order by the IOC for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement.

His death, after 18 months of illness, was mourned nationally, and his funeral was attended by president Rafael Caldera, who called him “a great Venezuelan”.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Venezuela
1951	Bolivarian Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Long jump	7.20 m
			1st	Triple jump	15.00 m
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	Triple jump	15.52 m
1954	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	5th	Long jump	6.90 m
			13th	Triple jump	12.97 m
1955	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	Triple jump	16.13 m
1960	Ibero-American Games	Santiago, Chile	13th (q)	Long jump	6.54 m
			7th (q)	Triple jump	14.17 m1
1961	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Triple jump	14.68 m
	Bolivarian Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	Triple jump	14.13 m
1963	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	Triple jump	15.09 m
1965	South American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	Triple jump	14.33 m

¹No mark in the final

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