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").
Born in Mila 23, Tulcea County, to a Russian Lipovan family, he was a member of the Dinamo Bucharest canoe club