Arnoldo Devonish

Olympic athlete

1932 – 1997

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Who was Arnoldo Devonish?

Arnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero was a track and field athlete from Venezuela, 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 and Leonid Shcherbakov.

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Born
Jun 15, 1932
Also known as
  • Arnaldo Devonish
Nationality
  • Venezuela
Died
Jan 1, 1997
Caracas

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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