Vladi Panato

Vladi Panato

Personal information
Full name	Vladi Carlo Panato
Nickname	Il Mito (The Mith)
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1972-10-28) 28 October 1972 (age 52) Bussolengo, Italy
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Event	Wildwater canoeing
Club	Canoa Club Pescantina
Coached by	Alviano Mesaroli
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 9 3 3 European Championships 5 2 1 Total 14 5 4

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]}

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

Year
1993	1	0	0
1995	1	0	0
1996	2	0	0
1998	1	0	0
2000	1	0	0
2002	2	1	0
2004	0	2	0
2008	1	0	0
2015	0	0	1
2017	0	0	1
2018	0	0	1
Total	9	3	3

World Cup results

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

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

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.

External links

• Vladi Panato at the International Canoe Federation