Renzo Sambo

Renzo Sambo

Personal information

Nationality

Italy

Born

17 January 1942

Died

10 August 2009 (aged 67)

Sport

Sport

Swimming

Medal record

Competitor for Italy
Men’s Rowing
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Coxed Pairs
World Championships
Gold	1966 Bled	Coxed Pair

Renzo Sambo (January 17, 1942 – August 10, 2009)^[1] was an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

He received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with Bruno Cipolla (cox) and Primo Baran, at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.^[2]

References

^ Renzo Sambo's obituary (Italian)
^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 13, 2008)

Olympic Rowing Champions in Men's Coxed Pair

1900: François Brandt, Roelof Klein (cox. Hermanus Brockmann in the heat; unknown in the final) • 1920: Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin (cox. Guido De Filip) • 1924: Édouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber (cox. Émile Lachapelle) • 1928: Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin (cox. Hans Bourquin) • 1932: Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer (cox. Edward Jennings) • 1936: Gerhard Gustmann, Herbert Adamski (cox. Dieter Arend) • 1948: Finn Pedersen, Tage Henriksen (cox. Carl Andersen) • 1952: Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier (cox. Bernard Malivoire) • 1956: Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay (cox. Armin Seiffert) • 1960: Bernhard Knubel, Karl Renneberg (cox. Klaus Zerta) • 1964: Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay (cox. Kent Mitchell) • 1968: Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo (cox. Bruno Cipolla) • 1972: Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lücke (cox. Klaus-Dieter Neubert) • 1976: Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr) • 1980: Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr) • 1984: Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe di Capua) • 1988: Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe di Capua) • 1992: Greg Searle, Jonny Searle (cox. Garry Herbert)