Romano Sgheiz
Italian rower
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Romano Sgheiz (born 28 June 1937) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
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| Relatives | Luciano Sgheiz (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sgheiz was born in Colico, Italy, in 1937. Luciano Sgheiz (born 1941) is his brother.[1][2]
At the 1956 European Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal with the coxed four.[3] Later that year, he received a gold medal in coxed four at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Alberto Winkler, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli and Ivo Stefanoni.[4][1] At the 1957 European Rowing Championships, he won a gold medal with the eight. In the following year, he regained the European championship title with the eight.[5]
He received a bronze medal in the coxed four at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1] At the 1961 European Rowing Championships, he won yet another gold medal with the eight.[5] At the 1963 European Rowing Championships, he won a silver medal with the coxless four. At the 1964 European Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal with the coxless four.[6] The same team came fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxless four competition.[1] Sgheiz retired after the 1964 Olympics but returned to competitive rowing for the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he gained a fourth place with the coxless four.[1]
