Asnoldo Vicente Devonish Romero (English translation via Google) (June 15, 1932 – January 1, 1997) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete who won the first Olympic medal for his native country.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he finished third in the Men's Triple Jump Final, with a distance of 15 metres and 52 centimetres, behind Adhemar da Silva (Brazil) and Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union).
In 1990, he was awarded the Olympic Order by the IOC for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement.
His death, after 18 months of illness, was mourned nationally, and his funeral was attended by president Rafael Caldera, who called him “a great Venezuelan”.
International competitions Representing 1951Bolivarian GamesCaracas, Venezuela1stLong jump7.20 m1stTriple jump15.00 m1952Olympic GamesHelsinki, Finland3rdTriple jump15.52 m1954Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico5thLong jump6.90 m13thTriple jump12.97 m1955Pan American GamesMexico City, Mexico2ndTriple jump16.13 m1960Ibero-American GamesSantiago, Chile13th (q)Long jump6.54 m7th (q)Triple jump14.17 m11961South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1stTriple jump14.68 mBolivarian GamesBarranquilla, Colombia1stTriple jump14.13 m1963South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1stTriple jump15.09 m1965South American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil5thTriple jump14.33 m 1No mark in the final
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