Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Soviet rower
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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower)
- Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ??????; born 30 July 1938) is a former 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 John B.
- 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.
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