Vladi Panato

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| full_name = Vladi Carlo Panato

| nickname = Il Mito (The Mith)

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Canoeing

| event = Wildwater canoeing

| retired =

| club = Canoa Club Pescantina

| coach = Alviano Mesaroli

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|10|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bussolengo, Italy

| residence = Pescantina, Italy

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| World Championships | 9 | 3 | 3

| European Championships | 5 | 2 | 1

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Vladi Panato (born 28 October 1972) is an Italian male canoeist who won 15 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/Vladi-Panato/results|title=Vladi Panato - Results|publisher=canoeicf.com|access-date=24 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.federcanoa.it/convegni-e-documenti/7291-medagliere-italiano/file.html|title=STORIA DELLE MEDAGLIE ITALIANE DI SEMPRE NELLE MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI PIU' IMPORTANTI|publisher=federcanoa.it|language=it|access-date=24 March 2020}}

The myth has won 11 world cups making it the canoeist with the highest record of victories,{{cite web|url=https://www.larena.it/home/altri/speciali/volti-di-cazzano/sport/per-l-39-olimpiade-tornerei-subito-in-gara-1.2851095|title=Olimpiade tornerei subito in gara|quote=Vladi Panato, campione veronese di canoa discesa. 9 Campionati del mondo, 5 Campionati europei e 11 Coppe del mondo,|publisher=larena.it|language=it|date=28 May 2012|access-date=25 March 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24h.it/28105-2/|title=Le sorelle Panato stupiscono ancora agli Europei discesa di Skopje|date=13 May 2017 |quote=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|publisher=sport24h.it|language=it|access-date=24 March 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.federcanoa.it/home/news/15-news-discesa/3827-ivrea-discesa-5-marzo-raduno-2017.html|title=I DISCESISTI SCALDANO I MOTORI: IL 5 MARZO PRIMO RADUNO A IVREA|date=20 February 2017 |quote=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.|publisher=federcanoa.it|language=it|access-date=18 March 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.daveyhearn.com/US%20Team%20Alumni/Wildwater/ww_world_cup.htm|quote=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.|title=USA WILDWATER HAS SOLID FINISH IN 2004 WORLD CUPS|publisher=daveyhearn.com|date=5 July 2004|access-date=29 March 2020}}

Medals at the World Championships

;Senior

Year	{{Gold1}}	{{Silver2}}	{{Bronze3}}
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/k/kanu/hst/150.html|title=Historie - Kanusport Weltcup Wildwasserkanu|publisher=sport-komplett.de|access-date=29 March 2020}}

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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

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1994

| C1 classic

1995

| C1 classic

1996

| C1 classic