BONFIM Caio

Date of Birth: 19 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BRASILIA

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : BRASILIA

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 20km Race Walk	13

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 20km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (1:19:42)	9th (3:47:02)
2012	London, GBR	37th (1:24:45)	-

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	13th (1:31:32)
2017	London, GBR	3rd (1:19:04)
2015	Beijing, CHN	6th (1:20:44)
2013	Moscow, RUS	DQ
2011	Daegu, KOR	18th (1:24:29)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk	50km Race Walk
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (1:21:57)	4th (3:57:54)

South American Race Walking Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	20km Race Walk	2020	Lima, PER	1:24:33

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2017	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Taicang, CHN	1:22:16
3	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Taicang, CHN	1:20:37
3	2017	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	1:19:04
4	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Rio Maior, POR	1:21:44
6	2017	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:21:04
7	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:18:47
7	2017	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Rio Maior, POR	1:22:13
8	2018	20km Race Walk	Suzhou	Suzhou, CHN	1:25:33
11	2019	20km Race Walk	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lazaro Cardenas, MEX	1:25:43
11	2018	20km Race Walk	Monterrey	Monterrey, MEX	1:28:22

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Serves in the Air Force

Wife Juliana, son Miguel [2019]

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Centro de Atletismo de Sobradinho [CASO] [Brasilia, BRA]

Gianetti Bonfim [personal, mother], BRA; Joao Sena [personal, father], BRA

Sporting relatives:

His mother Gianetti won a bronze medal in the 20km walk at the 2005 South American Championships in Cali, Colombia, and his father Joao Sena has coached race walking at international level. (cbat.org.br, 18 Apr 2016; correioweb.com.br, 29 Feb 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Jul 2005)

He first competed in race walking at age 10, and began to pursue the sport in 2007. (esportedefato.com.br, 08 Feb 2016; caiobonfim.com.br, 19 Jun 2015)

His mother had competed in race walking and his father was an athletics coach. "It was inevitable with that influence, but I did spend three years away from walking to dedicate myself to football. In 2007, at the request of my father, I competed in the Copa Brasil de Marcha [Brazil Cup for race walking] and came second in the minor category. This without any training. I participated at the [2007] world youth championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and it was in this competition I saw it was time to leave football. Then I started to train hard to be the best." (esportedefato.com.br, 08 Feb 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br, 05 May 2020)

Brazilian motor racing driver Ayrton Senna. (cob.org.br, Jul 2015)

Philosophy:

"Victory is a detail. Preparation is everything." (cob.org.br, Jul 2015)

He was Brazil's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, People's Republic of China. (olharolimpico.blogosfera.uol.com.br, 27 Oct 2019)

In 2017 he was named Best Athlete of the Year and Fans' Athlete of the Year in a public poll organised by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. (brasil2016.gov.br, 03 Apr 2019; df.superesportes.com.br, 29 Mar 2018)

General Interest

General
COACHED BY HIS PARENTS
His mother Gianetti was first introduced to athletics by her physical education teacher, Joao Sena, who she later married. After giving birth to Caio she struggled to get back to her normal weight, and was convinced by Sena to take up race walking, becoming eight times national champion. After playing football as a child, Caio decided to take up race walking seriously at age 16, with his parents as his coaches. "We all share experiences that only sports can give. We have known the world together, during competitions we remain in the same room. How many athletes would like to have their parents that close?" (aipsamerica.com, 11 Aug 2019)

SUSPENSION
In 2018 it was announced by the International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF] Athletics Integrity Unit that he was suspended for six months after returning an adverse analytical finding with the banned substance bumetanide in an anti-doping test made in 2017. His suspension ran from March to September 2018. (folha.uol.com.br, 20 Jul 2018)

EARLY SURGERY
At age two he required an operation on his knees. "I had a calcium deficiency and there were problems when I started walking, my legs were warped. I had corrective surgery which went well, but the doctors feared the legs would bend again. They did not and I grew normally." (rederecord.r7.com, 28 Jul 2015; brasil2016.gov.br, 03 Apr 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/caio.senabonfim
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/caiosenaofficial/
https://instagram.com/caiobonfims/
https://twitter.com/CaioSenaMarcha
Athlete Website: http://caiobonfim.com.br/
https://www.youtube.com/user/caiosenaofficial

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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