- Milan Janić
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Medal record Men's canoe sprint Competitor for 
YugoslaviaOlympic Games Silver 1984 Los Angeles K-1 1000 m World Championships Silver 1978 Belgrade K-1 1000 m Gold 1978 Belgrade K-1 10000 m Gold 1979 Duisburg K-1 10000 m Gold 1982 Belgrade K-1 10000 m Silver 1981 Nottingham K-1 10000 m Silver 1983 Tampere K-1 10000 m Milan Janić (Serbian: Милан Јанић; June 14, 1957 - January 1, 2003) was a Serbian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s for Yugoslavia. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.
Janić also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 10000 m: 1978, 1979, 1982) and three silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1978, K-1 1000 m: 1981, 1983).
His daughter, Nataša, competed for Serbia and Montenegro before competing for Hungary since 2004. Nataša has four Olympic medals of her own, with two in 2004 (both gold) and two in 2008 (one gold and one silver).
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 492.
1938: Karl Widmark (SWE) * 1938: (folding) Arne Bogren (SWE) * 1950: Thorvald Stromberg (FIN) * 1954: Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) * 1958: Thorvald Stromberg (FIN) * 1963: Fritz Briel (GER) * 1966: Mihály Hesz (HUN) * 1970: Viktor Carev (URS) * 1971: Viktor Carev (URS) * 1973: Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS) * 1974: Oreste Perri (ITA) * 1975: Oreste Perri (ITA) * 1977: Oreste Perri (ITA) * 1978: Milan Janić (YUG) * 1979: Milan Janić (YUG) * 1981: Einar Rasmussen (NOR) * 1982: Milan Janić (YUG) * 1983: Einar Rasmussen (NOR) * 1985: Greg Barton (USA) * 1986: Ferenc Csipes (HUN) * 1987: Greg Barton (USA) * 1989: Attila Szabó (TCH) * 1990: Philippe Boccara (FRA) * 1991: Greg Barton (USA) * 1993: Thor Nielsen (DEN)Croatian Sportsman of the Year Duje Bonačić / Petar Šegvić / Mate Trojanović / Velimir Valenta (1952) · Perica Vlašić (1953) · Žarko Dolinar (1954) · Bernard Vukas (1955) · Krešo Račić (1956) · Hrvoje Kačić (1957) · Joško Murat (1958) · Duje Smoljanović (1959) · Željko Perušić (1960) · Boro Jovanović (1961) · Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) · Josip Gjergja (1963) · Nikola Pilić (1964) · Andro Depolo (1965) · Cvjetko Bilić (1966) · Nikola Pilić (1967) · Dragutin Šurbek (1968) · Dragutin Šurbek (1969) · Petar Skansi (1970) · Mate Parlov (1971) · Mate Parlov (1972) · Mate Parlov (1973) · Luciano Sušanj (1974) · Antun Stipančić (1975) · Matija Ljubek (1976) · Joško Alebić (1977) · Milan Janić (1978) · Dragutin Šurbek (1979) · Krešimir Ćosić (1980) · Dragutin Šurbek (1981) · Matija Ljubek (1982) · Dragutin Šurbek (1983) · Vlado Lisjak (1984) · Dražen Petrović (1985) · Dražen Petrović (1986) · Ivan Šabjan (1987) · Zoran Primorac (1988) · Toni Kukoč (1989) · Toni Kukoč (1990) · Toni Kukoč (1991) · Goran Ivanišević (1992) · Goran Ivanišević (1993) · Goran Ivanišević (1994) · Željko Mavrović (1995) · Goran Ivanišević (1996) · Željko Mavrović (1997) · Davor Šuker (1998) · Gordan Kožulj (1999) · Nikolaj Pešalov (2000) · Goran Ivanišević (2001) · Ivica Kostelić (2002) · Ivica Kostelić (2003) · Duje Draganja (2004) · Ivan Ljubičić (2005) · Ivan Ljubičić (2006) · Ivano Balić (2007) · Filip Ude (2008) · Ivica Kostelić (2009) · Ivica Kostelić (2010)
Categories:- 1957 births
- 2003 deaths
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists of Yugoslavia
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Serbian canoeists
- Yugoslav canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- European canoeist stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs
- Yugoslav Olympic medalist stubs
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