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Vyacheslav Ivanov

1938 - 2024

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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. Ivanov was the first man to win the single sculls event three times in the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vyacheslav Ivanov has received more than 16,434 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Vyacheslav Ivanov is the 513th most popular athlete (down from 315th in 2019), the 1,711th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,456th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 513 out of 6,025Before him are Fred Kelly, František Janda-Suk, Eino Penttilä, Ilona Slupianek, Carl Bertilsson, and Iván Pedroso. After him are John Mikaelsson, Charles Winckler, Wilson Kipketer, Ernst Schultz, Ursula Happe, and Louis Glineur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 372Before him are Charles Simic, Teresa Stratas, Toini Gustafsson, Theodoros Pangalos, Heidi Schmid, and Norbert Ratsirahonana. After him are Viktor Zhdanovich, Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, Lynn Conway, Victor Buono, Diana Muldaur, and Carmela Corren. Among people deceased in 2024, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 259Before him are Annelie Ehrhardt, Joe Bryant, Roy Haynes, Joe Engle, George Rhoden, and Shuntarō Tanikawa. After him are Piedad Córdoba, Elias Khoury, Józef Szmidt, Eugenio Dal Corso, Kagney Linn Karter, and Ben Vautier.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 1,711 out of 3,761Before him are Tamara Rylova (1931), Alexander Pichushkin (1974), Vasily Bazhenov (1737), Irina Alfyorova (1951), Vitaly Bianki (1894), and Serhii Plokhy (1957). After him are Alexandra Zabelina (1937), Andrei Smirnov (1941), Nikolai Avksentiev (1878), Nadezhda Popova (1921), Sigizmund Levanevsky (1902), and Tatyana Tolstaya (1951).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 31Before him are Maria Itkina (1932), Irina Privalova (1968), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Lyudmila Bragina (1943), Lyudmila Shevtsova (1934), and Veikko Karvonen (1926). After him are Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), Yelena Gorchakova (1933), Vasili Kuznetsov (1932), Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), Valeri Popenchenko (1937), and Leonid Spirin (1932).