Bob Bonte

{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (1929–1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox swimmer |name= |image=Bob Bonte.jpg | image_size = |caption=Bonte at home in 1948 |birth_date=1 August 1929 |birth_place=Amsterdam, the Netherlands |death_date=3 September 1988 (aged 59) |death_place=Amstelveen, the Netherlands | height = | weight = |club= |coach= |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }}

'''Bob Herbert Bonte''' (1 August 1929 – 3 September 1988) was a Dutch breaststroke swimmer. He competed at the 1948 Olympics in the 200 m event and finished in eighth place.<ref name=r1/> Later that year he set world records in the 400 m and 500 m distances,<ref name=r2/> which became obsolete a few months later. Between 1947 and 1951 Bonte set four national records and won three national titles in the 200 m breaststroke.<ref name=r2/> Bonte was a hairdresser, and ran his own hair salon.<ref>:Commons:Category:Bob Bonte</ref>

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<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/bob-bonte-1.html Bob Bonte] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221215538/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/bob-bonte-1.html |date=21 December 2014 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://www.zwemmenindepolder.nl/zwemmers/zwemmers-1940-1970/bob-bonte.html Bob Bonte]. zwemmenindepolder.nl</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonte, Bob}} Category:1929 births Category:1988 deaths Category:Dutch male breaststroke swimmers Category:Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Category:Swimmers from Amsterdam Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen