Legendary rowing hero
Russian triple Olympic champion Ivanov is dead!
In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the Olympic Games in Paris, the ambitious pursuit of best performances and the struggle for medals, the news of the death of a great member of the Olympic family has broken: Vyacheslav Ivanov, Soviet single rowing Olympian of 1956, 1960 and 1964, died shortly after his 86th birthday on July 30!
Born in Moscow, he was the first rower to win gold in the single sculls at three consecutive Olympic Games - both in Melbourne at the age of just 18 and later in Rome and Tokyo.
In 1962, he also won gold in the single scull at the World Rowing Championships on Lake Rotsee near Lucerne. He was unbeatable at the European Championships in 1956, 1959 and 1961, where he also won gold ...
Later captain 3rd rank in the Soviet Navy
After the end of his active career, in the year after he was not selected for the 1968 Olympic Games, where he would have won his fourth gold medal, he served in the Soviet Navy and reached the rank of captain 3rd rank.
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