Beniamino Bonomi

Beniamino Bonomi (born 9 March 1968) is an Italian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (2000: K-2 1000 m) and three silvers (1996: K-1 1000 m, K-2 500 m; 2004: K-2 1000 m).[2]

Beniamino Bonomi
Personal information
Born (1968-03-09) 9 March 1968
Verbania, Italy
Sport
SportCanoeing
ClubFiamme Gialle[1]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyK-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaK-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensK-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1991 ParisK-1 10000 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthK-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthK-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place1998 SzegedK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place1998 SzegedK-2 500 m

Biography

Bonomi also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1995) and six silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1997, K-1 10000 m: 1991, K-2 200 m: 1997, 1998; K-2 500 m: 1997, K-4 200 m: 1998).

He was member of the Gruppo Nautico Fiamme Gialle club. He is 181 cm (5'11") tall and races at 81 kg (180 lbs).

References

  1. "Canoa statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beniamino Bonomi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.


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