Renato Petronio (5 February 1891 – 9 April 1976) was an Italian rowing

coxswain The coxswain ( or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the wiktionary:cockboat, cockboat, a ...

who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In 1928 he won the gold medal as cox of the Italian boat in the coxed four event. Eight years later he was the coxswain of the Italian boat which was eliminated in the

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of the coxed four competition.

References

External links

Renato Petronio at databaseOlympics.com
1891 births 1976 deaths People from Piran Italian male rowers Italian coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub