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Ivan Patzaichin

1949 - 2021

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Ivan Patzaichin (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈvan paˈt͡sajkin]; 26 November 1949 – 5 September 2021) was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 world championship medals, including four Olympic gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Patzaichin has received more than 134,203 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ivan Patzaichin is the 40th most popular athlete (up from 446th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Romania (up from 318th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Athlete.

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  • 4.49

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 40 out of 3,059. Before him are Frank Zane, Ben Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, Shizo Kanakuri, Vasily Alekseyev, and Coroebus of Elis. After him are Tommie Smith, Mark Phillips, Jānis Lūsis, Theagenes of Thasos, Alberto Juantorena, and Peter Norman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 110. Before him are Bo Xilai, Mick Taylor, Irina Rodnina, Armand Assante, Leopoldo Luque, and Alan Menken. After him are Gregg Popovich, Ken Wilber, Dubravka Ugrešić, Émerson Leão, Ronnie Hellström, and Kgalema Motlanthe. Among people deceased in 2021, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 144. Before him are Haya Harareet, Bob Dole, Renée Simonot, Gunnel Lindblom, Michel Fourniret, and Leopoldo Luque. After him are Tanya Roberts, Sheldon Adelson, Verónica Forqué, Carlos Correia, Sabah Fakhri, and Ali Mahdi Muhammad.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 109 out of 665. Before him are Farkas Bolyai (1775), Serge Moscovici (1925), Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902), Andrew Báthory (1563), Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), and Serge Klarsfeld (1935). After him are Joseph M. Juran (1904), Marcel Janco (1895), Saul Steinberg (1914), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Pertevniyal Sultan (1812), and Anghel Iordănescu (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 2. Before him are Iolanda Balaș (1936). After him are Ion Drîmbă (1942), Lajos Steiner (1903), István Somodi (1885), Maricica Puică (1950), Doina Melinte (1956), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Argentina Menis (1948), Ileana Silai (1941), Valeriu Bularca (1931), and Valeria Bufanu (1946).

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