Bo Henning Gustafsson (born 29 September 1954) is a former Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's 50 kilometre walk during his career.
Biography He competed for Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event. Gustafsson was a Latter-day Saint.Deseret News Church Almanac, 2009 edition, p. 326. He was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had joined before he competed in the Olympics.Kit Poole, "Athletes Pursue Excellence at Olympics", Ensign, October 1984, p. 78.
Personal life Gustafsson was born in Strömstad, Sweden to Henning and Klara Gustafsson. He was married to Lis Herrey and they had four sons and one daughter together. Son Andreas Gustafsson, who Bo coaches, is also a Swedish Olympic racewalker, later changing allegiance to USA.
From 1996 he is the companion of the Italian racewalker, several times medal at World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships, Ileana Salvador. The couple has two daughters, Nicole (born 1995) and Noelle (born 1998) who is a model and in 2019 she participated in the selections for the Miss Italia contest.
Business career Bo Gustafsson is currently the owner of Restaurang Storseglet based in Gothenburg, Sweden. He previously founded several companies and has been the manager of many artists, including the Herreys.
Achievements Representing 1978European ChampionshipsPrague, Czechoslovakia10th20 km1:26:13.51980Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union—20 kmDSQ—50 kmDNF1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece —20 kmDQ3rd50 km4:01:211984Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 2nd50 km3:53:191986European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany7th50 km3:50:131987World Championships Rome, Italy—50 kmDSQ1988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea7th50 km3:44:491990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia —50 kmDQ
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