Vladi Panato (born 28 October 1972) is an Italian male canoeist who won 15 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships. The myth has won 11 world cups making it the canoeist with the highest record of victories, six in a row from 1994 to 1999, then from 2001 to 2003, 2005 and in 2007 the eleventh and last one.