# Caio Bonfim

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Brazilian racewalker (born 1991)

Caio Bonfim Bonfim in 2019 Personal information Born (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 35) Sobradinho, Federal District, Brazil Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 60 kg (132 lb) Sport Country Brazil Sport Athletics Event Race walking

**Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim** (born 19 March 1991)[1] is a Brazilian [racewalker](/source/Racewalking).[2][3] In the 20 km walk, he is the reigning World Champion, having won the gold medal at the [2025 World Athletics Championships](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk). He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games. He also finished 4th at the 2016 Olympic Games. His mother, [Gianetti Bonfim](/source/Gianetti_Bonfim), was also an international racewalker for Brazil.[4]

## Career

He competed in the [20 km walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics), where he placed 39th.[5]

In 2013 he won bronze at the [Pan American Race Walking Cup](/source/2013_Pan_American_Race_Walking_Cup).[6]

In May 2015 he won silver at the [Pan American Race Walking Cup](/source/2015_Pan_American_Race_Walking_Cup).[7]

At the [2015 Pan American Games](/source/2015_Pan_American_Games), he won a bronze medal in the [Men's 20 kilometres walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) with a time of 1:24:43. He broke a 24-year fast without Brazil winning medals in this event at the Pan American Games, since [Marcelo Palma](/source/Marcelo_Palma)'s bronze in 1991.[8]

At the [2015 IAAF World Championships](/source/2015_IAAF_World_Championships), he finished 6th with a time of 1:20:44, equaling Brazil's best result in the sport at World Championships. Bonfim repeated the position of [Sérgio Galdino](/source/S%C3%A9rgio_Galdino) from Santa Catarina at the World Championship in Stuttgart (Germany), in 1993.[9]

At the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Bonfim competed well. In the [Men's 20 kilometres walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), he finished 4th with a time of 1:19:42, a Brazilian record, just 5 seconds behind the bronze medalist. In the [Men's 50 kilometres walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_kilometres_walk), he finished 9th, again breaking the Brazilian record with a time of 3:47:02.[10][11]

At the [2017 World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) held in London, Bonfim won the bronze medal, the first for a Brazilian in this sport, in the [20 km walk](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), again lowering his Brazilian record, with a mark of 1:19:04.[12]

At the [2019 Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games) held in Lima, he won the silver medal in the [20 km walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), just 7 seconds behind Ecuadorian Brian Daniel Alvez.[13] He also finished 4th in the [50 km walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_kilometres_walk).[14]

He qualified to represent Brazil at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).[15][16]

In May 2021 he won silver at the [Pan American Race Walking Cup](/source/Pan_American_Race_Walking_Cup).[17]

At the [2022 South American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2022_South_American_Games) he won a gold medal in the 35 km walk and a bronze medal in the 20 km walk. With this, he was chosen as the male flag bearer for Team Brazil at the Closing Ceremony of the South American Games.[18]

At the [2023 World Athletics Championships](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), Bonfim won his second bronze medal at the World Championships in the [Men's 20 kilometres walk](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), breaking the Brazilian record, with a time of 1:17.47.[19]

Bonfim, 2024.

At the [2023 Pan American Games](/source/2023_Pan_American_Games), Bonfim won silver in the [20 kilometres walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), completing the race in 1:19.24. During the 20 km, he took the lead a few times, alternating with [David Hurtado](/source/David_Hurtado), who finished in front with 1:19.20 and broke the Pan American Games record.[20] In the debut of the [Race walk mixed team](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Race_walk_mixed_team), Bonfim and [Viviane Lyra](/source/Viviane_Lyra) obtained the bronze medal.[21]

In March 2024, at the Taicang GP, in China, he broke the Brazilian record for the 20 km walk, which was already his, with a time of 1.17:44. This time is just 23 seconds off the South American record of 1.17:21, set by the Ecuadorian [Jefferson Pérez](/source/Jefferson_P%C3%A9rez) and 1 minute and 8 seconds off the world record of 1:16.36 made by the Japanese [Yusuke Suzuki](/source/Yusuke_Suzuki_(racewalker)).[22]

At the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics), he won the silver medal in the [20 km race walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), the first in Brazil's history.[23]

At the [2025 World Athletics Championships](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships), he became the World Champion in the [20 km race walk](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk), becoming the first Brazilian to do so in a race walking event at the [World Athletics Championships](/source/World_Athletics_Championships).

## Personal bests

### Road walk

- 10 km: **39:03 min** – [Madrid](/source/Madrid), 30 Apr 2023

- 20 km: **1:17:44 hrs** – [Taicang](/source/Taicang), 3 Mar 2024

- 50 km: **3:47:02 hrs** – [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), 19 Aug 2016

### Track walk

- 5000 m: **19:47.99 min** – [Fortaleza](/source/Fortaleza), 11 May 2011

- 10,000 m: **39:57.59 min** (ht) – [La Nucia](/source/La_Nucia), 21 May 2022

- 20,000 m: **1:19:52.1h hrs** (ht) – [Bragança Paulista](/source/Bragan%C3%A7a_Paulista), 27 June 2024

## International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Brazil 2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20) Balneário Camboriú, Brazil 8th 10 km 45:40 2nd Team (10 km) 11 pts Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 5th 10,000 m track walk 44:34.95 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 12th 10,000 m track walk 45:16.88 2008 South American Race Walking Championships (U-18) Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 10 km 47:00 min World Race Walking Cup (U20) Cheboksary, Russia — 10 km DQ World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 6th 10,000 m track walk 42:18.33 South American Youth Championships Lima, Peru 1st 10,000 m track walk 43:21.9 min CR 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20) San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10 km 43:04 min 3rd Team (10 km) 17 pts South American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 10,000 m track walk 42:43.58 Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 10,000 m track walk 42:43.58 2010 South American Race Walking Championships (U20) Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st 10 km 43:08 min 2nd Team (10 km) 12 pts South American Under-23 Championships / South American Games Medellín, Colombia 3rd 20,000 m track walk 1:33:05.1 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Chihuahua, Mexico — 10 km DQ World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 4th 10,000 m track walk 41:32.28 2011 Pan American Race Walking Cup Envigado, Colombia 10th 20 km 1:31:00 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 4th 20,000 m track walk 1:20:58.5 Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 20 km 1:27:19 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 22nd 20 km 1:24:29 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico — 20 km DQ 2012 South American Race Walking Championships Salinas, Ecuador 1st 20 km 1:23:59.0 hrs 1st Team (20 km) 15 pts World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 17th 20 km 1:22:05 14th Team (20 km) 152 pts Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 39th 20 km 1:24:45 South American U-23 Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 20,000 m track walk 1:23:22.83 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 3rd 20 km 1:25:27 1st Team (20 km) 38 pts South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 1st 20,000 m track walk 1:24:28.40 World Championships Moscow, Russia — 20 km DQ 2014 South American Race Walking Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia — 20 km DQ World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 16th 20 km 1:20:28 Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 4th 20,000 m track walk 1:24:49.52 2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 2nd 20 km 1:21:26 World Championships Beijing, China 6th 20 km walk 1:20:44 2016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 8th 20 km 1:20:20 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 20,000 m track walk 1:26:40.7 2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 20 km 1:19:42 9th 50 km 3:47:02 2017 World Championships London, Great Britain 3rd 20 km walk 1:19:04 2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd 20 km 1:21:57 4th 50 km 3:57:54

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## External links

- [Caio Bonfim](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14175843) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- [Caio Bonfim](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/caio-bonfim) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Caio Bonfim](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/124017) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Caio Bonfim](https://www.cob.org.br/time-brasil/medalhistas-olimpicos/caio-bonfim) at the [*Comitê Olímpico do Brasil*](/source/Brazilian_Olympic_Committee) (in Portuguese)

v t e World champions in men's 20 km race walk 1983: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1987: Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1991: Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1993: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Michele Didoni (ITA) 1997: Daniel García (MEX) 1999: Ilya Markov (RUS) 2001: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2005: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2007: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2009: Wang Hao (CHN) 2011: Luis Fernando López (COL) 2013: Chen Ding (CHN) 2015: Miguel Ángel López (ESP) 2017: Éider Arévalo (COL) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2022: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2023: Álvaro Martín (ESP) 2025: Caio Bonfim (BRA)

v t e Prêmio Brasil Olímpico Men 1999: Gustavo Kuerten 2000: Gustavo Kuerten 2001: Robert Scheidt 2002: Nalbert Bitencourt 2003: Fernando Meligeni 2004: Vanderlei de Lima 2005: João Derly 2006: Giba 2007: Thiago Pereira 2008: César Cielo 2009: César Cielo 2010: Murilo Endres 2011: César Cielo 2012: Arthur Zanetti 2013: Jorge Zarif 2014: Arthur Zanetti 2015: Isaquias Queiroz 2016: Isaquias Queiroz 2017: Marcelo Melo 2018: Isaquias Queiroz 2019: Arthur Mariano 2021: Isaquias Queiroz 2022: Alison dos Santos 2023: Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida 2024: Caio Bonfim 2025: Caio Bonfim Women 1999: Maurren Maggi 2000: Leila Barros 2001: Daniele Hypólito 2002: Daniele Hypólito 2003: Daiane dos Santos 2004: Daiane dos Santos 2005: Natália Falavigna 2006: Laís Souza 2007: Jade Barbosa 2008: Maurren Maggi 2009: Sarah Menezes 2010: Fabiana Murer 2011: Fabiana Murer 2012: Sheilla Castro 2013: Poliana Okimoto 2014: Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze 2015: Ana Marcela Cunha 2016: Rafaela Silva 2017: Mayra Aguiar 2018: Ana Marcela Cunha 2019: Beatriz Ferreira 2021: Rebeca Andrade 2022: Rebeca Andrade 2023: Rebeca Andrade 2024: Rebeca Andrade 2025: Maria Clara Pacheco Fan's Choice 2014: Flávia Saraiva 2015: Thiago Pereira 2016: Rafaela Silva 2017: Caio Bonfim 2018: Henrique Avancini 2019: Hugo Calderano 2021: Fernanda Garay 2022: Hugo Calderano 2023: Flávia Saraiva 2024: Caio Bonfim 2025: João Fonseca (men) & Gabi Guimarães (women) Breakthrough Athlete 2023: Maria Eduarda Alexandre 2024: Gustavo Oliveira 2025: Rebeca Lima Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Trophy (Lifetime award) 2001: Nelson Prudêncio 2002: João Gonçalves Filho 2003: Amaury Pasos 2004: Maria Lenk 2005: Agberto Guimarães 2006: Aída dos Santos 2007: André Richer 2008: João Havelange 2009: Joaquim Cruz 2010: Éder Jofre 2011: Bernard Rajzman 2012: Hortência Marcari 2013: Torben Grael 2014: Vanderlei de Lima 2015: Gustavo Kuerten 2016: Bernardo Rezende 2017: Lars Grael 2018: Jackie Silva 2019: Oscar Schmidt 2021: Janeth Arcain 2022: Daiane dos Santos 2023: Chiaki Ishii 2024: José Roberto Guimarães 2025: Robert Scheidt Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima Trophy (Sportsmanship award) 2025: Andrei Jessé, Diogo Volkmann, Kayki Rocha & Miguel Marques (rowing)

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