Renato De Riva (7 May 1937 – 10 May 1983) was an Italian

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

who was active internationally between 1958 and 1968. He competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

, and

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

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with the best result of 14th place in the 10,000 m in 1960 and in the 5000 m in 1964.

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1937 births 1983 deaths Italian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Italy 20th-century Italian people Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo {{Italy-speed-skating-bio-stub