Renato Gardini Explained

Renato Gardini
Birth Date:10 March 1889
Birth Place:Bologna, Italy
Death Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina

Renato Gardini (10 March 1889  - 29 September 1940) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy.[1] He competed in the 1912 Olympics, but lost in the fourth bout to Anders Ahlgren. After the Olympics he immigrated to the United States, where he competed professionally, and got married in 1922.[2] He spent much time promoting wrestling in South America, where he died in 1940.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renato Gardini . Olympedia . 14 June 2021 . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022061323/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58918 . live .
  2. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1922/06/03/page/1/article/boston-society-girl-to-wed-renato-gardini-wrestler Boston Society Girl to Marry Renato Gardini, Wrestler
  3. Book: Tim Hornbaker. Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Bodyslams, and Piledrivers. 2012. Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. 978-1-61321-075-8. 11–.
  4. Web site: Renato Gardini . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/renato-gardini-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . sports-reference.com.