Gerardo Bönnhoff
Bönnhoff in El Gráfico, 1947 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gerhard Bönnhoff Koch June 24, 1926 |
| Died | December 26, 2013 (aged 87) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sprint (running) |
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 6th place, 200 metres, 1952 Summer Olympics |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| Representing Argentina | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
| 1951 Buenos Aires | 4x100 m relay | |
| South American Championships | ||
| 1947 Rio de Janeiro | 100 m | |
| 1947 Rio de Janeiro | 200 m | |
| 1947 Rio de Janeiro | 4×100 metres relay | |
| 1949 Lima | 4×100 metres relay | |
| 1952 Buenos Aires | 200 m | |
| 1952 Buenos Aires | 100 m | |
| 1952 Buenos Aires | 4×100 metres relay | |
| 1952 Buenos Aires | 4×400 metres relay} | |
| 1956 Santiago | 100 m | |
| 1956 Santiago | 200 m | |
| 1956 Santiago | 4×100 metres relay | |
| 1956 Santiago | 4×400 metres relay | |
Gerardo Bönnhoff Koch (born Gerhard Bönnhoff Koch; 24 June 1926 – 26 December 2013) was a German-born Argentine athlete who competed mainly in sprinting.
Born in Berlin, his family moved to Argentina when Bönnhoff was 10 years old. In 1947, at the age of 21, he became an Argentine citizen and legally changed his name from Gerhard to Gerardo. 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 100 m, 200 m and the 4 × 100 m, at the 1948 Summer Olympics but did not get past the 2nd round in any. In 1951 he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires in the 4 × 100 m relay. He reached the final of the 200 m in the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished sixth.
Bönnhoff was a co-founder of the Confederación Argentina de Atletismo, (CADA).
He died on 26 December 2013 in Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Buenos Aires.