Bo Gustafsson

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Bo Gustafsson
Personal information
Full nameBo Henning Gustafsson
NationalitySwedish
Born (1954-09-29) 29 September 1954 (age 68)
Strömstad, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Racewalking
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 010
European Championships 001
Total011

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.

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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. [1] He was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had joined before he competed in the Olympics. [2]

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. [3] 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. [4]

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 10th20 km 1:26:13.5
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 20 km DSQ
50 km DNF
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 20 km DQ
3rd50 km 4:01:21
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 2nd 50 km 3:53:19
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 7th50 km 3:50:13
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 50 km DSQ
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 7th 50 km 3:44:49
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 50 km DQ

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References

  1. Deseret News Church Almanac, 2009 edition, p. 326.
  2. Kit Poole, "Athletes Pursue Excellence at Olympics", Ensign , October 1984, p. 78.
  3. "SALVADOR "Modello Svezia da seguire"". 27 February 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2021 via PressReader.
  4. "NOELLE, DALLA SVEZIA IN VENETO PER DIVENTARE MISS ITALIA". missitalia.it. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.