} Gerardo Bönnhoff (24 June 1926 – 26 December 2013) was a German-born

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athlete who competed mainly in sprinting. Born in

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, his family moved to

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when Bönnhoff was 10 years old. He excelled at the 100m and 200m, and in 1945 he became the 100m Junior South American record holder running in a time of 10.3 sec. He competed in the

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and the 4 × 100 m, at the

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but did not get past the 2nd round in any. In 1951 he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games held in

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in the 4 × 100 m relay. He reached the final of the

in the

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and finished sixth. Bönnhoff was a co-founder of the

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, (CADA). He died on 26 December 2013 in

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Competition record

References

1926 births 2013 deaths Athletes from Berlin Argentine male sprinters Olympic athletes for Argentina Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina German emigrants to Argentina Naturalized citizens of Argentina Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games {{Argentina-athletics-bio-stub