Renato Petronio

{{short description|Italian rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

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| caption = Renato Petronio in 1928

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|2|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Piran, Austro-Hungarian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|4|9|1891|2|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Portogruaro, Italy

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| sport = Rowing

| club = SN Pullino

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold| 1928 Amsterdam|Coxed four}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1929 Bydgoszcz | Coxed four }}

{{MedalSilver | 1930 Liège | Coxed four }}

{{MedalGold | 1932 Belgrade | Coxed four }}

{{MedalGold | 1933 Budapest | Coxed four }}

{{MedalGold | 1934 Lucerne | Coxed four }}

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Renato Petronio (5 February 1891 – 9 April 1976) was an Italian rowing coxswain who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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 of the coxed four competition.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Renato Petronio |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/renato-petronio-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/renato-petronio-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 20 May 2018 }}