Gerardo Bönnhoff

Gerardo Bönnhoff Koch (born Gerhard Bönnhoff Koch;^[1] 24 June 1926 – 26 December 2013) was a German-born Argentine athlete who competed mainly in sprinting.^[2]

Bönnhoff in El Gráfico, 1947

Gerardo Bönnhoff

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

Born in Berlin, his family moved to Argentina when Bönnhoff was 10 years old.^[3] In 1947, at the age of 21, he became an Argentine citizen and legally changed his name from Gerhard to Gerardo.^[1] 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.^[3]

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.^[2] 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.^[2]

Bönnhoff was a co-founder of the Confederación Argentina de Atletismo, (CADA).^[3]

He died on 26 December 2013 in Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Buenos Aires.^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Argentina
1948	Olympics	London, England	5th, QF 4	100 m
1948	Olympics	London, England	4th, Qtr 2	200 m