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^[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]

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