Bo Gustafsson

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Bo Henning Gustafsson (born 29 September 1954) is a former Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's 50 kilometre walk during his career.

Biography

He competed for Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event. Gustafsson was a Latter-day Saint.Deseret News Church Almanac, 2009 edition, p. 326. He was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had joined before he competed in the Olympics.Kit Poole, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1984/10/news-of-the-church/athletes-pursue-excellence-at-olympics "Athletes Pursue Excellence at Olympics"], Ensign, October 1984, p. 78.

Personal life

Gustafsson was born in Strömstad, Sweden to Henning and Klara Gustafsson. He was married to Lis Herrey and they had four sons and one daughter together. Son Andreas Gustafsson, who Bo coaches, is also a Swedish Olympic racewalker, later changing allegiance to USA.

From 1996 he is the companion of the Italian racewalker, several times medal at World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships, Ileana Salvador.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-dello-sport/20130227/282205123302136|title=SALVADOR "Modello Svezia da seguire"|via=PressReader|date=27 February 2013|access-date=7 September 2021}} The couple has two daughters, Nicole (born 1995) and Noelle (born 1998) who is a model and in 2019 she participated in the selections for the Miss Italia contest.{{cite web|url=http://www.missitalia.it/news/newsdett.php?idnews=1519|title=NOELLE, DALLA SVEZIA IN VENETO PER DIVENTARE MISS ITALIA|publisher=missitalia.it|date=20 May 2019|access-date=1 April 2021}}

Business career

Bo Gustafsson is currently the owner of Restaurang Storseglet based in Gothenburg, Sweden. He previously founded several companies and has been the manager of many artists, including the Herreys.

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{SWE}}
1978 \|European Championships \|Prague, Czechoslovakia \|10th \|20 km \|1:26:13.5
rowspan=2\|1980 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Moscow, Soviet Union \|— \|20 km \|DSQ
— \|50 km \|DNF
rowspan=2\|1982 \|rowspan=2\|European Championships \|rowspan=2\|Athens, Greece \| — \|20 km \|DQ
bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|50 km \|4:01:21
1984 \|Olympic Games \|Los Angeles, United States \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|50 km \|3:53:19
1986 \|European Championships \|Stuttgart, West Germany \|7th \|50 km \|3:50:13
1987 \|World Championships \|Rome, Italy \|— \|50 km \|DSQ
1988 \|Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|7th \|50 km \|3:44:49
1990 \|European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \| — \|50 km \|DQ

colspan="6"|Representing {{SWE}}

1978

|European Championships

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|10th

|20 km

|1:26:13.5

rowspan=2|1980

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Moscow, Soviet Union

|—

|20 km