Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower)

Vyacheslav Ivanov

Ivanov at the 1964 European Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov
Born	(1938-07-30)30 July 1938 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	5 August 2024(2024-08-05) (aged 86) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Krasnoye Znamya/CSKA, Moscow
Coached by	I. Ya. Demyanov[1] Arkady Nikolayev[1][2]
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Single sculls 1960 Rome Single sculls 1964 Tokyo Single sculls World Championships 1962 Lucerne Single sculls European Championships 1956 Bled Single sculls 1957 Duisburg Single sculls 1958 Poznań Single sculls 1959 Mâcon Single sculls 1961 Prague Single sculls 1964 Amsterdam Single sculls 1967 Vichy Single sculls Diamond Challenge Sculls 1957 Henley-on-Thames Single sculls 1958 Henley-on-Thames Single sculls Gold Cup Challenge 1956 Philadelphia Single sculls 1958 Philadelphia Single sculls 1960 Philadelphia Single sculls 1962 Philadelphia Single sculls

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (Russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Иванов; 30 July 1938 – 5 August 2024) was a Soviet rower, and one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation. He crewed for the Soviet Union, and he won the Olympic gold medals in the single sculls class at the 1956 Melbourne Games, the 1960 Rome Games, and the 1964 Tokyo Games.^[3]

Ivanov was the first man to win the single sculls event three times in the Olympics. At the time, only Americans Jack Kelly Sr. and Paul Costello and Briton Jack Beresford had won three Olympic gold medals in the sport of rowing (since surpassed by Steve Redgrave and others). The only other person to match Ivanov's achievement and win three gold medals in the single scull is Finland's Pertti Karppinen.^[3]