Liemarvin Bonevacia (born 5 April 1989) is a

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sprinter who was born in

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Career

He was one of four people to participate in the

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as "Independent Olympic Athletes". Bonevacia competed in the

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and was eliminated in the semifinals, when he injured his right

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and finished last. He now represents the

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. With his 44.72, achieved in the 2015 World Championships 400 m heats, Bonevacia is the current Dutch recordholder. He competed for the Netherlands at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, in the 400 m and the 4 x 100 m. He reached the semifinals in the 400 m. He won bronze at the 2016 European Athletics Championship and the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

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1989 births Living people People from Willemstad Curaçao male sprinters Dutch male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub