Caio Bonfim

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| fullname = Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim

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Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim (born 19 March 1991){{cite web |title=Treinado pelos pais, brasiliense passa a colher resultados na marcha atlética |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/olimpiada-no-rio/2016/05/1769967-treinado-pelos-pais-brasiliense-passa-a-colher-resultados-na-marcha-atletica.shtml |publisher=Folha de S. Paulo |accessdate=2017-12-29}} is a Brazilian racewalker.{{cite web |title=Caio Bonfim |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bonfim-caio-1092935/ |work=London 2012 |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=2012-09-15 |archive-date=2012-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825124258/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bonfim-caio-1092935/ |url-status=dead}}

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In the 20 km walk, he was a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games and a bronze medalist at the 2017 and 2023 World Championships. He also finished 4th at the 2016 Olympic Games. His mother, Gianetti Bonfim, was also an international racewalker for Brazil.[http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/caio-bonfim-o-messias-anunciado-por-gianetti-sena-e-penta-na-copa-brasil Caio Bonfim, o "Messias anunciado" por Gianetti Sena, é penta na Copa Brasil] {{in lang|pt}}. Brasil2016. Retrieved on 2016-09-25.

Career

He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 39th.{{cite web |title=Men's 20km Race Walk Results |url=http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-20km-walk/index.html |work=London 2012 |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=2012-09-15 |archive-date=2012-12-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204184436/www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-20km-walk/index.html |url-status=dead}}

In 2013 he won bronze at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[https://casoatletismo.com.br/cac/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CAT%C3%81LOGO-CAIO-ATUALIZADO.pdf Catálogo atleta caio bonfim]

In May 2015 he won silver at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com.br/noticia/508086_brasileiro-e-prata-na-copa-pan-americana-de-marcha|title=Brasileiro é prata na Copa Pan-Americana de marcha|website=espn.com.br}}

At the 2015 Pan American Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 20 kilometres walk with a time of 1:24:43. He broke a 24-year fast without Brazil winning medals in this event at the Pan American Games, since Marcelo Palma's bronze in 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/esportes/caio-bonfim-e-bronze-na-marcha-atletica-91ytgibypg02wg6my1rmyksnk/|title=Caio Bonfim é bronze na marcha atlética|website=Gazeta do Povo}}

At the 2015 IAAF World Championships, he finished 6th with a time of 1:20:44, equaling Brazil's best result in the sport at World Championships. Bonfim repeated the position of Sérgio Galdino from Santa Catarina at the World Championship in Stuttgart (Germany), in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://m.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2015/08/1672485-caio-bonfim-e-6-e-iguala-recorde-do-brasil-na-marcha-atletica-em-mundiais.shtml|title=Caio Bonfim é 6º e iguala recorde do Brasil na marcha atlética em Mundiais – 23/08/2015 – Esporte – Folha de S.Paulo|website=folha.uol.com.br}}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bonfim competed well. In the Men's 20 kilometres walk, he finished 4th with a time of 1:19:42, a Brazilian record, just 5 seconds behind the bronze medalist. In the Men's 50 kilometres walk, he finished 9th, again breaking the Brazilian record with a time of 3:47:02.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/afp/2016/08/12/caio-bonfim-bate-recorde-do-brasil-mas-fica-a-cinco-segundos-do-bronze.htm|title=Caio Bonfim bate recorde do Brasil mas fica a cinco segundos do bronze|website=www.uol.com.br}}{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas/projeto-toquio/caio-bonfim/noticia/caio-bonfim-da-marcha-atletica-vai-disputar-campeonato-australiano-de-50km-neste-sabado.ghtml|title=Caio Bonfim, da marcha atlética, vai disputar Campeonato Australiano de 50km neste sábado|date=30 November 2018|website=ge}}

At the 2017 World Championships held in London, Bonfim won the bronze medal, the first for a Brazilian in this sport, in the 20 km walk, again lowering his Brazilian record, with a mark of 1:19:04.{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/atletismo/noticia/caio-bonfim-larga-atras-faz-incrivel-prova-de-recuperacao-e-e-bronze-na-marcha.ghtml|title=Caio Bonfim faz prova incrível e leva 1ª medalha da história da marcha brasileira}}

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, he won the silver medal in the 20 km walk, just 7 seconds behind Ecuadorian Brian Daniel Alvez.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/jogos-pan-americanos/noticia/e-prata-caio-bonfim-fica-com-o-segundo-lugar-nos-20km-da-marcha-atletica-no-pan-de-lima.ghtml|title=É prata! Caio Bonfim fica com o segundo lugar nos 20km da marcha atlética no Pan de Lima|date=4 August 2019|website=ge}} He also finished 4th in the 50 km walk.{{Cite web|url=http://rededoesporte.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/caio-bonfim-termina-em-quarto-na-marcha-atletica-50km-em-lima|title=Caio Bonfim termina em quarto na marcha atlética 50km em Lima|first=Gustavo|last=Cunha|website=Rede do Esporte}}

He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-12 |title=Caio Bonfim bate índice olímpico pela quarta vez e vence Troféu Brasil |url=https://www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/atletismo/338251-caio-bonfim-bate-indice-olimpico-pela-quarta-vez-e-vence-trofeu-brasil/ |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=Olimpíada Todo Dia |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |title=Athletics BONFIM Caio – Tokyo 2020 Olympics |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1354913-bonfim-caio.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-08-22 |work=Tokyo 2020 |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726070002/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1354913-bonfim-caio.htm |archive-date=2021-07-26}}

In May 2021 he won silver at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/atletismo/noticia/caio-bonfim-conquista-a-prata-na-copa-pan-americana-de-marcha-atletica.ghtml|title=Caio Bonfim conquista a prata na Copa Pan-Americana de marcha atlética|date=7 May 2021|website=ge}}

At the 2022 South American Games he won a gold medal in the 35 km walk and a bronze medal in the 20 km walk. With this, he was chosen as the male flag bearer for Team Brazil at the Closing Ceremony of the South American Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/brasil-define-porta-bandeiras-para-encerramento-nos-jogos-sul-americanos,ca9ffb77713c11a7c488d7b4bcb99f68kmdl2q86.html|title=Brasil define porta-bandeiras para encerramento nos Jogos Sul-Americanos|website=Terra}}

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Bonfim won his second bronze medal at the World Championships in the Men's 20 kilometres walk, breaking the Brazilian record, with a time of 1:17.47.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/atletismo/noticia/2023/08/19/caio-bonfim-conquista-o-bronze-na-marcha-no-mundial-de-atletismo.ghtml|title=Caio Bonfim conquista o bronze na marcha no Mundial de atletismo|date=19 August 2023|website=ge}}

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At the 2023 Pan American Games, Bonfim won silver in the 20 kilometres walk, completing the race in 1:19.24. During the 20 km, he took the lead a few times, alternating with David Hurtado, who finished in front with 1:19.20 and broke the Pan American Games record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/gazeta-esportiva/2023/10/29/caio-bonfim-conquista-a-prata-nos-20km-da-marcha-atletica-no-pan-americano.htm|title=Caio Bonfim conquista a prata nos 20km da marcha atlética no Pan-Americano|date=29 October 2023|website=UOL}} In the debut of the Race walk mixed team, Bonfim and Viviane Lyra obtained the bronze medal.{{Cite web|url=https://admin.cob.org.br/|title=Caio Bonfim e Viviane Lyra ficam com bronze em prova inédita d...|first=Comitê Olímpico do|last=Brasil|website=Comitê Olímpico do Brasil}}

In March 2024, at the Taicang GP, in China, he broke the Brazilian record for the 20 km walk, which was already his, with a time of 1.17:44. This time is just 23 seconds off the South American record of 1.17:21, set by the Ecuadorian Jefferson Pérez and 1 minute and 8 seconds off the world record of 1:16.36 made by the Japanese Yusuke Suzuki.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bol.uol.com.br/esporte/2024/05/18/caio-bonfim-conquista-o-bronze-no-gp-de-la-coruna.htm|title=Caio Bonfim conquista o bronze no GP de La Coruña|website=www.bol.uol.com.br}}

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 20 km race walk, the first in Brazil's history.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas/noticia/2024/08/01/caio-bonfim-faz-historia-e-conquista-a-prata-na-marcha-atletica-das-olimpiadas-de-paris.ghtml|title=Caio Bonfim faz história e conquista a prata na marcha atlética das Olimpíadas de Paris|date=1 August 2024|website=ge}}

Personal bests

=Road walk=

10 km: 39:03 min – {{flagicon|ESP}} Madrid, 30 Apr 2023
20 km: 1:17:44 hrs – {{flagicon|CHN}} Taicang, 3 Mar 2024
50 km: 3:47:02 hrs – {{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, 19 Aug 2016

=Track walk=

5000 m: 19:47.99 min – {{flagicon|BRA}} Fortaleza, 11 May 2011
10,000 m: 39:57.59 min (ht) – {{flagicon|ESP}} La Nucia, 21 May 2022
20,000 m: 1:19:52.1h hrs (ht) – {{flagicon|BRA}} Bragança Paulista, 27 June 2024

International competitions

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bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"\|Representing {{BRA}}
rowspan=4\|2007 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20) \|rowspan=2\|Balneário Camboriú, Brazil \|8th \|10 km \|45:40
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|Team (10 km) \|11 pts
Pan American Junior Championships \|São Paulo, Brazil \|5th \|10,000m track walk \|44:34.95
World Youth Championships \|Ostrava, Czech Republic \|12th \|10,000m track walk \|45:16.88
rowspan=4\|2008 \|South American Race Walking Championships (U-18) \|Cochabamba, Bolivia \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|10 km \|47:00 min
World Race Walking Cup (U20) \|Cheboksary, Russia \| — \|10 km \|DQ
World Junior Championships \|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|6th \|10,000m track walk \|42:18.33
South American Youth Championships \|Lima, Peru \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|10,000m track walk \|43:21.9 min CR
rowspan=4\|2009 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20) \|rowspan=2\|San Salvador, El Salvador \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|10 km \|43:04 min
bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|Team (10 km) \|17 pts
South American Junior Championships \|São Paulo, Brazil \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|10,000m track walk \|42:43.58
Pan American Junior Championships \|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|10,000m track walk \|42:43.58
rowspan=5\|2010 \|rowspan=2\|South American Race Walking Championships (U20) \|rowspan=2\|Cochabamba, Bolivia \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|10 km \|43:08 min
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|Team (10 km) \|12 pts
South American Under-23 Championships / South American Games \|Medellín, Colombia \|bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|20,000m track walk \|1:33:05.1
World Race Walking Cup (U20) \|Chihuahua, Mexico \| — \|10 km \|DQ
World Junior Championships \|Moncton, Canada \|4th \|10,000m track walk \|41:32.28
rowspan=5\|2011 \|Pan American Race Walking Cup \|Envigado, Colombia \|10th \|20 km \|1:31:00
South American Championships \|Buenos Aires, Argentina \|4th \|20,000m track walk \|1:20:58.5
Universiade \|Shenzhen, China \|8th \|20 km \|1:27:19
World Championships \|Daegu, South Korea \|22nd \|20 km \|1:24:29
Pan American Games \|Guadalajara, Mexico \| — \|20 km \|DQ
rowspan=6\|2012 \|rowspan=2\|South American Race Walking Championships \|rowspan=2\|Salinas, Ecuador \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|20 km \|1:23:59.0 hrs
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Team (20 km) \|15 pts
rowspan=2\|World Race Walking Cup \|rowspan=2\|Saransk, Russia \|17th \|20 km \|1:22:05
14th \|Team (20 km) \|152 pts
Olympic Games \|London, United Kingdom \|39th \|20 km \|1:24:45
South American U-23 Championships \|São Paulo, Brazil \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|20,000m track walk \|1:23:22.83
rowspan=4\|2013 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Race Walking Cup \|rowspan=2\|Guatemala City, Guatemala \|bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|20 km \|1:25:27
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Team (20 km) \|38 pts
South American Championships \|Cartagena, Colombia \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|20,000m track walk \|1:24:28.40
World Championships \|Moscow, Russia \| — \|20 km \|DQ
rowspan=3\|2014 \|South American Race Walking Championships \|Cochabamba, Bolivia \| — \|20 km \|DQ
World Race Walking Cup \|Taicang, China \|16th \|20 km \|1:20:28
Ibero-American Championships \|São Paulo, Brazil \|4th \|20,000m track walk \|1:24:49.52
rowspan=2\|2015 \|Pan American Race Walking Cup \|Arica, Chile \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|20 km \|1:21:26
World Championships \|Beijing, China \|6th \|20 km walk \|1:20:44
rowspan=4\|2016 \|World Race Walking Team Championships \|Rome, Italy \|8th \|20 km \|1:20:20
Ibero-American Championships \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|20,000m track walk \|1:26:40.7
rowspan=2\|2016 Olympics \|rowspan=2\|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|4th \|20 km \|1:19:42
9th \|50 km \|3:47:02
2017 \|World Championships \|London, Great Britain \|bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|20 km walk \|1:19:04
rowspan=2\|2019 \|rowspan=2\|Pan American Games \|rowspan=2\|Lima, Peru \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|20 km \|1:21:57
4th \|50 km \|3:57:54

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bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{BRA}}

rowspan=4|2007

|rowspan=2|Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20)

|rowspan=2|Balneário Camboriú, Brazil

|8th

|10 km

|45:40

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Team (10 km)

|11 pts

Pan American Junior Championships