Vladi Panato

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Vladi Panato
Personal information
Full nameVladi Carlo Panato
NicknameIl Mito (The Mith)
NationalityItalian
Born (1972-10-28) 28 October 1972 (age 52)
Bussolengo, Italy
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event Wildwater canoeing
ClubCanoa Club Pescantina
Coached byAlviano Mesaroli
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 933
European Championships 521
Total1454

Vladi Panato (born 28 October 1972) is an Italian male canoeist who won 15 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships. [1] [2]

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The myth has won 11 world cups making it the canoeist with the highest record of victories, [3] six in a row from 1994 to 1999, then from 2001 to 2003, 2005 and in 2007 the eleventh and last one.

Biography

His two daughters Cecilia and Alice are also canoeists. [4] From 2017 he is also the technical director of the Italy national wildwater canoeing team, having taken over the role of another Italian canoeing legend, Robert Pontarollo. [5]

In 2004 Vladi Panato ended the World Cup season with 192 points as the winner, but with equal partial successes (2) he was ranked second for the lowest number of second places (2 against 3). Panato had forfeited the sixth and final race in protest, although only one point would have been enough to win his ninth world cup. The winner was Tomislav Hohnjec. [6]

Medals at the World Championships

Senior
YearGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
1993 100
1995 100
1996 200
1998 100
2000 100
2002 210
2004 020
2008 100
2015 001
2017 001
2018 001
Total933

World Cup results

Panato won eleven editions of the Wildwater Canoeing World Cup in C1 classic. [7]

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Discipline
1994C1 classic
1995C1 classic
1996C1 classic
1997C1 classic
1998C1 classic
1999C1 classic
2001C1 classic
2002C1 classic
2003C1 classic
2004C1 classic
2007C1 classic

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References

  1. "Vladi Panato - Results". canoeicf.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "STORIA DELLE MEDAGLIE ITALIANE DI SEMPRE NELLE MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI PIU' IMPORTANTI" (in Italian). federcanoa.it. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "Olimpiade tornerei subito in gara" (in Italian). larena.it. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2020. Vladi Panato, campione veronese di canoa discesa. 9 Campionati del mondo, 5 Campionati europei e 11 Coppe del mondo,
  4. "Le sorelle Panato stupiscono ancora agli Europei discesa di Skopje" (in Italian). sport24h.it. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2020. papà Vladi ha poi acconsentito e ha fatto loro assaggiare l'emozione dell'Adige, delle sue onde, delle sue rapide e dei suoi passaggi e oggi, a 15 anni con Cecilia e a 18 con Alice
  5. "I DISCESISTI SCALDANO I MOTORI: IL 5 MARZO PRIMO RADUNO A IVREA" (in Italian). federcanoa.it. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2020. Sul ponte di comando della discesa italiana Robert Pontarollo ha lasciato il testimone ad un'altra leggenda delle wildwater, quel Vladi Panato che ha vinto praticamente tutto da atleta e che dopo alcune stagioni da tecnico è stato designato da questo 2017 al vertice della direzione tecnica del settore discesa.
  6. "USA WILDWATER HAS SOLID FINISH IN 2004 WORLD CUPS". daveyhearn.com. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2020. Eight-time World beater, and perhaps the greatest canoeist ever, Vladi Panato forfeited the race and his shot at winning the World Cups. Vladi just shook his head in disgust and refused to paddle the class ZERO canal.
  7. "Historie - Kanusport Weltcup Wildwasserkanu". sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 29 March 2020.