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 The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (September 29, 1927 – January 12, 2001) was a Brazilian triple jumper. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records, the last being 16.56 metres in 1955 Pan American Games. In his early career he also ...

( Brazil) and Leonid Shcherbakov ( Soviet Union). In 1990, he was awarded the Olympic Order.

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1932 births 1997 deaths Venezuelan male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games Olympic bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Maracaibo Recipients of the Olympic Order Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-Olympic-medalist-stub