Olympedia – Vyacheslav Ionov

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Vyacheslav Nikolayevich•Ionov
Used name	Vyacheslav•Ionov
Original name	Вячеслав Николаевич•Ионов
Born	26 June 1940 in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS)
Died	25 June 2012 (aged 71 years 11 months 29 days) in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS)
Measurements	190 cm / 89 kg
Affiliations	TsSK VMF Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
NOC	Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian Federation

Medals	OG
Gold	1
Silver	0
Bronze	0
Total	1

Biography

With Mykola Chuzhykov, Anatoly Grishin and Volodymyr Morozov, Vyacheslav Ionov was the member of one of the top kayak fours in the middle of the 1960s. Together they won the Olympic gold in 1964, World 10K K4 title in 1966 and European Championships 10K K4 bronze in 1965. In 1967, Chuzhykov was replaced by Valery Didenko and the new team won the European 10K K4 title and 1,000 K4 silver in 1967. Domestically, Ionov won 10 Soviet titles, all in K4 – in 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1967 in the kilo and in 1961-63 and 1965-67 in the 10K. After finishing his sporting career, Ionov worked as a canoeing coach in his native Moscow.