Asnoldo Devonish

Venezuelan athlete

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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^[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]

References

^ "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.