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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 rowed 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. At the time, only Americans Jack Kelly Sr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vyacheslav Ivanov is the 308th most popular athlete (up from 536th in 2019), the 1,161st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,711th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 308 out of 6,025. Before him are Gyula Zsivótzky, Albert Ayat, Romuald Klim, Alain Mimoun, Eddie Tolan, and Frank Waller. After him are Prosper Bruggeman, Karen Hoff, Jürgen Schult, Frank Loomis, Maurice Greene, and Merlene Ottey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 260. Before him are Alan Dershowitz, Marinella, Giant Baba, Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria, Tiziano Terzani, and Ieronymos II of Athens. After him are Chas Chandler, Ingrid Caven, Artavazd Peleshyan, Pat Buchanan, Klaus Hänsch, and Alan Rees. Among people deceased in 2024, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 233. Before him are Frédéric Mitterrand, Peter Sinfield, Yukio Kasaya, William Calley, Mircea Diaconu, and Wu Bangguo. After him are Roland Dumas, Frans Janssens, Galina Zybina, Michel Blanc, Paul Josef Cordes, and Alan Rees.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 1,161 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Astafyev (1924), Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887), Vera Alentova (1942), Elvira Nabiullina (1963), Alexey Maresyev (1916), and Maria Ouspenskaya (1876). After him are Alexander Miasnikian (1886), Lidiya Skoblikova (1939), Agniya Barto (1906), Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834), Serhiy Tkach (1952), and Oleg Deripaska (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vyacheslav Ivanov ranks 13. Before him are Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Vera Krepkina (1933), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922). After him are Galina Zybina (1931), Sergey Litvinov (1958), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), Tatyana Kazankina (1951), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), and Pavel Lednyov (1943).

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