Vyacheslav Ionov

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}

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{{MedalGold| 1964 Tokyo | K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1966 East Berlin|K-4 10000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Duisburg|K-4 10000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1967 Duisburg|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1965 Bucharest|K-4 10000 m}}

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Vyacheslav Ionov ({{langx|ru|Вячеслав Ионов}}; 26 June 1940 – 25 June 2012) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.kayak-canoe.ru/news/ushel_iz_zhizni_olimpijski_che.html|script-title=ru:Ушел из жизни Олимпийский чемпион по гребле на байдарках и каноэ Вячеслав Николаевич ИОНОВ|date=2012-06-26|publisher=Russian National Federation of Rowing and Canoeing|language=ru|access-date=26 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911150405/http://www.kayak-canoe.ru/news/ushel_iz_zhizni_olimpijski_che.html|archive-date=11 September 2012}} He won a gold in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Ionov also won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin. He was born in Moscow.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/vyacheslav-ionov-1.html Sport-reference.com profile]