Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower)
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Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (Russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Иванов; born 30 July 1938) is a former 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.[3]
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Birth name | Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1938-07-30) 30 July 1938 (age 85) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Krasnoye Znamya/CSKA, Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | I. Ya. Demyanov[1] Arkady Nikolayev[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ivanov was the first man to win the single sculls event three times in the Olympics. At the time, only Americans Jack 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.[3]