Renato Petronio

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Renato Petronio (born February 5, 1891 in Piran , † April 9, 1976 in Portogruaro ) was an Italian helmsman in rowing .

From 1928 Petronio steered the four-man with helmsman from SN Pollino from Izola . At the Olympic Games in 1928 , the boat in the line-up of Valerio Perentin , Giliante D'Este , Nicolò Vittori , Giovanni Delise and Renato Petronio won the gold medal fifteen seconds ahead of the boat from Switzerland. In 1929 the Italians won the European Championships against the Danish boat in the same line-up, in 1930 the Danes won ahead of Francesco Chicco , Renato Felluga , Nicolo Vittori, Valerio Perentin and Renato Petronio.

At the European Championships in 1932 Valerio Perentin, Francesco Chicco, Nicolo Vittori, Giovanni Delise and Renato Petronio won. Another Italian crew (from Koper) started at the Olympic Games in 1932 and won the silver medal behind the German boat. In 1933 and 1934 the crew with Perentin, Chicco, Vittori and Petronio won the European Championships, while Umberto Vittori was on board for Delise in 1933 . In 1935 at the European Championships in Berlin , the Germans competed for the first time since the First World War and won in the four with helmsman ahead of the French and the Italian four with Perentin, D'Este, the two Vittoris and helmsman Petronio. At the Olympic Games in 1936, the Germans won ahead of the Swiss and French. The Italian four-man with the same line-up as in 1935, after a preliminary defeat against the Swiss in the intermediate heat, only reached third place behind Hungary and Poland, only the winners of the preliminary heats and the winners of the intermediate heats reached the final.

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SURNAME Petronio, Renato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian rower
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Piran
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1976
Place of death Portogruaro