Caio Bonfim

Caio Bonfim
Full name	Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim
nation	Brazil
birthday	19th March 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Sobradinho , Brazil
size	174 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
discipline	20-kilometer walk
Best performance	1:18:47 h
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 × Pan American Games 0 × 1 × 1 × South American Games 0 × 0 × 1 × South American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U23 South American Championships 1 × 0 × 1 × U20 South American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 Pan American Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U18 South American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships bronze London 2017 20 km walk  Pan American Games silver Lima 2019 20 km walk bronze Toronto 2015 20 km walk South American Games bronze Medellín 2010 20 km walk South American Championships gold Cartagena 2013 20 km walk U23 South American Championships gold Sao Paulo 2012 20 km lane walking bronze Medellín 2010 20 km lane walking U20 South American Championships gold Sao Paulo 2009 10 km lane walking U20 Pan American Championships silver Port of Spain 2009 10 km lane walking U18 South American Championships gold Lima 2008 10 km lane walking
last change: March 19, 2020

Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim (born March 19, 1991 in Sobradinho , Federal District ) is a Brazilian walker . In 2017 he won the bronze medal over 20 km at the World Championships in London.

Athletic career

Caio Bonfim entered 2007 at the age of 16 with the U18 World Championships in Ostrava at an international championship. In the 10-km walking competition, he took 12th place. A month earlier he was fifth in the U18 Pan American Championships in his home country of Brazil. Already one year later he competed in the U20 age group. At the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he needed about three minutes less for the 10 km than one at the U18 World Championships a year earlier and finished sixth. At the U18 World Championships in Lima, he won the gold medal in a championship record of 43: 21.9 minutes.

In May 2009 Bonfim set his best time over 10 km in 40:40 minutes. In July he won the U18 South American Championships in Sao Paulo and a month later won the silver medal at the U18 Pan American Championships in Trinidad and Tobago, each over 10 km. In June 2010 he took part in the U20 World Championships in Moncton, Canada. There he competed again over 10 km and finished fourth in 41: 32.28 minutes. The 2010 South American Games took place in Medellín in March , during which the U23 South American Championships were held at the same time. Bonfim competed in international championships over 20 km for the first time and won the bronze medal in both ratings in 1:33:05 h. In 2011 he took part in the Universiade in Shenzhen. There he finished seventh in 1:27:19 h. In the same month he also took part in a world championship for adults for the first time, in Daegu , where he finished 17th and was almost three minutes faster than in Shenzhen.

In 2012 he won the gold medal at the U23 South American Championships in Sao Paulo in 1:23:22 h. Previously took part in the Olympic Games in London, which he finished in 38th place. In 2013 he also won the gold medal at the South American Adult Championships in Cartagena. In Moscow he was disqualified at the World Championships . Two years later things went better for him at the World Championships in Beijing and he finished sixth in 1:20:44 h. A month earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto. A year later he set a new Brazilian national record in 1:19:42 h at the Olympic Games in his home country. This brought him fourth place, finishing just 5 seconds behind bronze medalist Dane Bird-Smith from Australia. He also set a national record over the 50 km distance at the games in 3:47:02 h, which meant 9th place at the finish.

In 2017 he celebrated his greatest sporting success to date with the bronze medal from the World Championships in London. In 2019 he won another medal at the Pan American Games after Toronto in 2015; in Lima he came second. Again he competed over 50 km. In 3:57:54 h he was fourth. Before that, in June he improved his national record over 20 km to 1:18:47 h. At the World Championships in Doha, he competed over the 20 km. There he took 13th place under extreme conditions.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Brazil
2007	U18 world championships	Ostrava	12.	10 km lane walking	45: 16.88 min
2008	U20 world championships	Bydgoszcz	6th	10 km lane walking	42: 18.33 min
	U18 South American Championships	Lima	1.	10 km lane walking	43: 21.90 min
2009	U20 South American Championships	Sao Paulo	1.	10 km lane walking	42: 43.58 min
	U20 Pan American Championships	Port of Spain	2.	10 km lane walking	42: 43.58 min
2010	U23 South American Championships, South American Games 2010	Medellin	3.	20 km lane walking	1:33:05 h
	U20 world championships	Moncton	4th	10 km lane walking	41: 32.28 min
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires	4th	20 km walk	1:20:58 h
	Universiade	Shenzhen	7th	20 km walk	1:27:19 h
	World championships	Daegu	17th	20 km walk	1:24:29 h
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara		20 km walk	DSQ
2012	Olympic Summer Games	London	38.	20 km walk	1:24:45 h
	U23 South American Championships	Sao Paulo	1.	20 km walk	1:23:22 h
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena	1.	20 km walk	1:24:28 h
	World championships	Moscow		20 km walk	DSQ
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto	3.	20 km walk	1:24:43 h
	World championships	Beijing	6th	20 km walk	1:20:44 h
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	4th	20 km walk	1:19:42 h
			9.	50 km walk	3:47:02 h
2017	World championships	London	3.	20 km walk	1:19:04 h
2019	Pan American Games	Lima	2.	20 km walk	1:21:57 h
			4th	50 km walk	3:57:54 h
	World championships	Doha	13.	20 km walk	1:31:32 h

Personal best

• 5 km walk: 19:47.99 min, May 11, 2011, Fortaleza
• 10 km lane walking: 43: 04.00 min, May 1, 2009, San Salvador
• 10 km walk: 40:40 min, May 23, 2009, Blumenau
• 20 km walk: 1:18:47 h, June 8, 2019, La Coruña , (Brazilian record)
• 50 km walk: 3:47:02 h, August 19, 2016, Rio de Janeiro , (Brazilian record)

Web links

• Caio Bonfim in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Caio Bonfim in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )