Nataša Janić

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Olympic medal record
Women's canoeing
Gold	2004 Athens	K-1 500 m
Gold	2004 Athens	K-2 500 m

Natasa Janics (Hungarian: Janics Natasa, Serbian: Наташа Јанић, born June 24, 1982 in Bačka Palanka, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian canoer with a Serbian background, who won two Olympic gold medals in the kayak flatwater events at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has also won twelve gold medals at the Flatwater Racing World Championships.

Natasa grew up in Yugoslavia (Serbia) and competed for Serbia and Montenegro, winning a number of gold medals, before moving to Hungary. She is a daughter of late Milan Janić, Serbian canoer who won a gold medal for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

[edit] World Championships

• 2007 World Championships - gold medal, K1 200 m
• 2006 World Championships - 6 gold medals, K2 200m, 500 m, 1000 m, K4 200 m, 500 m, 1000 m
• 2005 World Championships - 3 gold medals, K2 200 m, 500 m, 1000 m
• 2003 World Championships - gold medal, K4 1000 m
• 2002 World Championships - gold medal, K4 200 m
• 2002 World Championships - fourth place, K1 200 m

Awards
Preceded by Katalin Kovács	Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 2004	Succeeded by Zsuzsanna Vörös