Natasa Janics

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Competitor for  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	K-1 500 m
Gold	2004 Athens	K-2 500 m
Gold	2008 Beijing	K-2 500 m
Silver	2008 Beijing	K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold	2002 Seville	K-4 200 m
Gold	2003 Gainesville	K-4 1000 m
Gold	2005 Zagreb	K-2 200 m
Gold	2005 Zagreb	K-2 500 m
Gold	2005 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-2 200 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-2 500 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-4 200 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-4 500 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
Gold	2007 Duisburg	K-1 200 m
Gold	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 200 m
Gold	2009 Dartmouth	K-2 200 m
Gold	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 500 m
Gold	2010 Poznań	K-1 200 m
Gold	2010 Poznań	K-2 200 m
Gold	2010 Poznań	K-4 500 m
Silver	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 4 x 200 m
Silver	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 200 m
Silver	2010 Poznań	K-1 500 m
Silver	2010 Poznań	K-1 4 x 200 m

Nataša Janić (Hungarian: Janics Natasa, Serbian: Наташа Јанић, Nataša Janić) (born June 24, 1982 in Bačka Palanka, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian sprint canoer with a Serbian background, who won two Olympic gold medals in the sprint canoe events at the 2004 Summer Olympics and another gold and silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won 22 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with 18 golds (K-1 200 m: 2007, 2009, 2010; K-2 200 m: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010; K-2 500 m: 2005, 2006; K-2 1000 m: 2005, 2006; K-4 200 m: 2002, 2006; K-4 500 m: 2006, 2009, 2010; K-4 1000 m: 2003, 2006) and four silvers (K-1 500 m: 2010, K-1 4 x 200 m: 2009, 2010; K-4 200 m: 2009).

Nataša grew up in Serbia and competed for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics before moving to Hungary. She is a daughter of late Milan Janić, a Serbian canoer who won a silver medal for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Both her brothers Mićo and Stjepan Janić are canoers and competed for Croatia since 2004. They took part in the 2008 Olympics, though Mićo was only nominated as a reserve.^[1][2]

She was elected Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in 2004 and 2010. Together with Katalin Kovács she earned the title Hungarian Sportsteam of the year in 2005, 2006 and 2010.

References

• Canoe09.ca profile
• 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

1. ^ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/8001760.shtml
2. ^ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/8001755.shtml

Awards
Preceded by Lazar Lazarević	The Best Young Athlete of Yugoslavia 2000	Succeeded by Tomislav Tomović
Preceded by Katalin Kovács Katinka Hosszú	Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 2004 2010	Succeeded by Zsuzsanna Vörös Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Janic, Natasa
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Date of birth	June 24, 1982
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