Bo Henning Gustafsson (born 29 September 1954) is a former

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athlete who mainly competed in the men's 50 kilometre walk during his career.

Biography

He competed for Sweden at the

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

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

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, Sweden. He previously founded several companies and has been the manager of many artists, including the Herreys.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Bo 1954 births Living people People from Strömstad Municipality Swedish male racewalkers Converts to Mormonism Swedish Latter Day Saints Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County