{{Short description|Italian rower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Renzo Sambo | image = Renzo Sambo, Bruno Cipolla, Primo Baran 1968.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Renzo Sambo (left), Bruno Cipolla and Primo Baran at the 1968 Olympics | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = | sport = Rowing | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|01|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Treviso, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|08|10|1942|01|17|df=yes}} | death_place = Cesiomaggiore, Belluno, Italy | height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|90|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1968 Mexico City | Coxed pair }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1966 Bled | Coxed pair }} {{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1967 Vichy | Coxed pair }} {{MedalSilver | 1965 Duisburg | Coxed pair }} }}
'''Renzo Sambo''' (17 January 1942 – 10 August 2009)<ref>[http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=69296&sez=HOME_SPORT Renzo Sambo's obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919004812/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=69296&sez=HOME_SPORT |date=19 September 2009 }}. ilmessaggero.it</ref> was an Italian rower who had his best achievements in the coxed pairs, together with Primo Baran and coxswain Bruno Cipolla. They won a European title in 1967 and an Olympic gold in 1968.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/renzo-sambo-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012820/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/renzo-sambo-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
Sambo then changed to the coxed fours, but with less success. During his career he won 15 national titles in various events. In retirement he worked as a coach with Circolo Ospedalieri Treviso, which organizes the Renzo Sambo Memorial Regatta since 2009.<ref name=sr />
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{{Olympic champions – Men's coxed pair}}
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