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 cockboat, a type of ship's boa ...

who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated fro ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-s ...

. 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

repechage Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...

of the coxed four competition.

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1891 births 1976 deaths People from Piran Italian male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers of 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 {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub