Background
PATZAICHIN, Ivan was born on November 26, 1949 in Mila, Tulcea Company.
PATZAICHIN, Ivan was born on November 26, 1949 in Mila, Tulcea Company.
College, for Physical Education and Sport, Bucharest.
This included four gold (C-1 1000 m: 1972, C-2 1000 m: 1968, 1980, 1984) and three silvers (C-2 500 m: 1980, 1984. C-2 1000 m: 1972). When he retired, Patzaichin became a coach and is now head of the Romanian national team, known as Amiralul ("The Admiral").
Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won seven medals, more than any other competitor in the history of the Romanian canoeing events. He also won 22 world championship medals with nine golds (C-1 1000 m: 1973, 1977. C-1 10000 m: 1978, C-2 500 m: 1979, C-2 1000 m: 1970, 1981, 1983. C-2 10000 m: 1982), four silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1975, C-2 1000 m: 1971, C-2 10000 m: 1981, 1983), and nine bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1971, 1973, 1974. C-1 1000 m: 1974, 1978, 1979. C-1 10000 m: 1974, 1977, 1979). His pupils, including Olympic champion Florin Popescu, have won over one hundred sprint canoe titles.
Born in Mila 23, Tulcea County, to a Russian Lipovan family, he was a member of the Dinamo Bucharest canoe club
