Ricardo Manuel Boneo (17 December 1930 – 6 June 2008) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

rower and sailor. He represented Argentina at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

, the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

and the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Biography

He was born on 17 December 1930, in Lincoln, Buenos Aires Province. Boneo represented his country for the first time as a rower at the

in London. Boneo was the coxswain in the men's coxed four with team mates Carlos Semino, Carlos Crosta, Adolfo Yedro and Ítalo Sartori. The team made it to round one of the repêchage. Then Boneo made the move to sailing and represented his country again at the

in Naples. Boneo took 19th place in the

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. Four years later at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Enoshima, Japan. Boneo took 26th place in the

. Boneo his last Olympic appearance was at the

in Kiel, Gernamny. Boneo took 22nd place in the Soling with Héctor Campos and

Pedro Ferrero Pedro Ferrero (born 21 March 1939) is a sailor from Argentina. Ferrero represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Ferrero took 22nd place in the Soling with Ricardo Boneo as helmsman and Héctor Campos as fellow crew membe ...

as fellow crew members. He died on 6 June 2008 at the age of 77.

References

1930 births 2008 deaths Argentine male rowers Argentine male sailors (sport) Olympic rowers for Argentina Olympic sailors for Argentina People from Lincoln Partido Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling Soling class sailors Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-yachtracing-bio-stub