Vyacheslav_Ionov
Vyacheslav Ionov (Russian: Вячеслав Ионов; 26 June 1940 – 25 June 2012) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s.[1] He won a gold in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Ionov also won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin. He was born in Moscow.[2]