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

Natasa Janics (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).

Natasa 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

  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
Tamara Csipes

1948: Karen Hoff (DEN) • 1952: Sylvi Saimo (FIN) • 1956: Yelizaveta Dementyeva (URS) • 1960: Antonina Seredina (URS) • 1964: Lyudmila Khvedosyuk (URS) • 1968: Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) • 1972: Yulia Ryabchinskaya (URS} • 1976: Carola Zirzow (GDR) • 1980: Birgit Fischer (GDR) • 1984: Agneta Andersson (SWE) • 1988: Vanja Gesheva (BUL) • 1992: Birgit Fischer (GER) • 1996: Rita Kőbán (HUN) • 2000: Josefa Idem (ITA} • 2004: Natasa Janics (HUN) • 2008: Inna Osypenko (UKR)
1994: Rita Kőbán (HUN) * 1995: Rita Kőbán (HUN) * 1997: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 1998: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 1999: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 2001: Karen Furneaux (CAN) * 2002: Maria Teresa Portela (ESP) * 2003: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 2005: Maria Teresa Portela (ESP) * 2006: Tímea Paksy (HUN) * 2007: Natasa Janics (HUN) * 2009: Natasa Janics (HUN) * 2010: Natasa Janics (HUN) * 2011: Lisa Carrington (NZL)
1994: Hungary (Rita Kőbán & Eva Laky) * 1995: Canada (Corinna Kennedy & Marie-Josée Gibeau) * 1997: Germany (Birgit Fischer & Anett Schuck) * 1998: Canada (Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet & Karen Furneaux) * 1999: Spain (Izaskun Aramburu & Beatriz Manchón) * 2001: Spain (Izaskun Aramburu & Sonia Molanes) * 2002: Spain (Sonia Molanes & Beatriz Manchón) * 2003: Hungary (Tímea Paksy & Melinda Patyi) * 2005: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2006: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2007: Germany (Fanny Fischer & Nicole Reinhardt) * 2009: Hungary (Natasa Janics & Katalin Kovács) * 2010: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2011: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Danuta Kozák)
1938: (600 m) Czechoslovakia (Marta Pavlisová & Marta Zvolanková) * 1948: Denmark (Karen Hoff & Bofil Svendsen) * 1950: Finland (Sylvi Saimo & Greta Grönholm) * 1954: Hungary (Hilda Pinter & Klára Bánfalvi) * 1958: Soviet Union (Nina Grusinzheva & Mariya Shubina) * 1963: West Germany (Roswitha Esser & Annemarie Zimmermann) * 1966: East Germany (Anita Nüssner-Kobuss & Helga Mühlberg-Ulze) * 1970: West Germany (Renate Breuer & Roswitha Esser) * 1971: Hungary (Anna Pfeffer & Katalin Hollosy) * 1973: East Germany (Ilse Kaschube & Petra Borzym) * 1974: East Germany (Bärbel Köster & Anke Ohde) * 1975: East Germany (Bärbel Köster & Carola Zirzow) * 1977: East Germany (Marion Rösiger & Martina Fischer) * 1978: East Germany (Marion Rösiger & Martina Fischer) * 1979: Soviet Union (Natalya Kalashinkova & Nina Doroh) * 1981: East Germany (Birgit Fischer & Carsta Kühn) * 1982: East Germany (Birgit Fischer & Bettina Streussel) * 1983: East Germany (Birgit Fischer & Carsta Kühn) * 1985: East Germany (Birgit Fischer & Carsta Kühn) * 1986: Hungary (Katalin Povázsán & Erika Mészáros) * 1987: East Germany (Birgit Schmidt & Anke Nothnagel) * 1989: East Germany (Anke Nothnagel & Heike Singer) * 1990: East Germany (Ramona Portwich & Anke von Seck) * 1991: Germany (Ramona Portwich & Anke von Seck) * 1993: Sweden (Agneta Andersson & Anna Olsson) * 1994: Poland (Elżbieta Urbańczyk & Barbara Hajcel) * 1995: Germany (Ramona Portwich & Anett Schuck) * 1997: Germany (Birgit Fischer & Anett Schuck) * 1998: Australia (Anna Wood & Katrin Borchert) * 1999: Poland (Beata Sokołowska & Aneta Pastuszka) * 2001: Hungary (Szilvia Szabó & Kinga Bóta) * 2002: Hungary (Szilvia Szabó & Kinga Bóta) * 2003: Hungary (Szilvia Szabó & Kinga Bóta) * 2005: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2006: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2007: Germany (Fanny Fischer & Nicole Reinhardt) * 2009: Hungary (Danuta Kozák & Gabriella Szabó) * 2010: Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák) * 2011: Austria (Yvonne Schuring & Viktoria Schwarz)
1997: Germany (Birgit Fischer & Marcela Bednar) * 1998: Australia (Anna Wood & Katrin Borchert) * 1999: Australia (Anna Wood & Katrin Borchert) * 2001: Germany (Manuela Mucke & Nadine Opgen-Rhein) * 2002: Hungary (Szilvia Szabó & Kinga Bóta) * 2003: Hungary (Tímea Paksy & Dalma Benedek) * 2005: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2006: Hungary (Katalin Kovács & Natasa Janics) * 2007: Germany (Gesine Ruge & Judith Hörmann) * 2009: Poland (Małgorzata Chojnacka & Beata Mikołajczyk) * 2010: Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Tamara Csipes) * 2011: Germany (Anne Knorr & Debora Niche)
1994: Hungary (Éva Dónusz, Szilvia Mednyánszky, Eva Laky, & Rita Kőbán) * 1995: Canada (Caroline Brunet, Alison Herst, Corinna Kennedy, & Marie-Josée Gibeau) * 1997: Germany (Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, Manuela Mucke, & Katrin Wagner) * 1998: Hungary (Kinga Dékány, Erzsébet Viski, Rita Kőbán, & Katalin Kovács) * 1999: Hungary (Katalin Kovács, Erzsébet Viski, Szilvia Szabó, & Rita Kőbán) * 2001: Hungary (Kinga Dékány, Krisztina Fazekas, Erzsébet Viski, & Katalin Kovács) * 2002: Hungary (Natasa Janics, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, & Tímea Paksy) * 2003: Hungary (Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, & Kinga Bóta) * 2005: Germany (Carolin Leonhardt, Nicole Reinhardt, Judith Hörmann, & Katrin Wagner-Augustin) * 2006: Hungary (Tímea Paksy, Melinda Patyi, Natasa Janics, & Katalin Kovács) * 2007: Germany (Carolin Leonhardt, Conny Waßmuth, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, & Maren Knebel) * 2009: Germany (Tina Dietze, Carolin Leonhardt, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, & Conny Waßmuth)
1963: Soviet Union (Valentina Bizak, Lyudmila Pinayeva, Mariya Shubina, & Antonina Seredina) * 1966: Soviet Union (Mariya Shubina, Antonina Seredina, Lyudmila Pinayeva, & Nadezhda Levchenko) * 1970: Soviet Union (Lyudmila Besrukova, Tamara Zhimanskaya, Natalya Boyko, & Nineli Vaklua) * 1971: Soviet Union (Yekaterina Kurizhko, Natalya Boyko, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, & Lyudmila Pinayeva) * 1973: Soviet Union (Lyudmila Pinayeva, Nina Gopova, Larissa Kabakova, & Tamara Popova) * 1974: East Germany (Ilse Kaschube, Bärbel Köster, Anke Ohde, & Carola Zirzow) * 1975: East Germany (Bärbel Köster, Anke Ohde, Bettina Müller, & Carola Zirzow) * 1977: Bulgaria (Maria Mintscheva, Rosa Bohanova, Velitscha Mintscheva, & Natascha Janakieva) * 1978: East Germany (Marion Rösiger, Roswitha Eberl, Carsta Genäuß, & Birgit Fischer) * 1979: East Germany (Marion Rösiger, Martina Bischof, Birgit Fischer, & Roswitha Eberl) * 1981: East Germany (Birgit Fischer, Carsta Kühn, Kathrin Stoll, & Roswitha Eberl) * 1982: East Germany (Birgit Fischer, Bettina Streussel, Roswitha Eberl, & Kathrin Giese) * 1983: East Germany (Birgit Fischer, Carsta Kühn, Ramona Walther, & Kathrin Giese) * 1985: East Germany (Birgit Fischer, Carsta Kühn, Heike Singer, & Kathrin Giese) * 1986: Hungary (Erika Géczi, Erika Mészáros, Rita Kőbán & Éva Rakusz) * 1987: East Germany (Birgit Schmidt, Anke Nothnagel, Ramona Portwich, & Ines Rudolph) * 1989: East Germany (Katrin Borchert, Monika Bunke, Heike Singer, & Anke Nothnagel) * 1990: East Germany (Silke Bull, Ramona Portwich, Heike Rabenow, & Anke von Seck) * 1991: Germany (Katrin Borchert, Monika Bunke, Ramona Portwich, & Anke von Seck) * 1993: Germany (Birgit Schmidt, Ramona Portwich, Anett Schuck, & Daniela Gleue) * 1994: Germany (Birgit Schmidt, Ramona Portwich, Anett Schuck, & Daniela Gleue) * 1995: Germany (Manuela Mucke, Ramona Portwich, Birgit Schmidt, & Anett Schuck) * 1997: Germany (Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, Katrin Kieseler, & Katrin Wagner) * 1998: Germany (Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, Manuela Mucke, & Marcela Bednar) * 1999: Hungary (Katalin Kovács, Erzsébet Viski, Szilvia Szabó, & Rita Kőbán) * 2001: Hungary (Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Kinga Bóta, & Erzsébet Viski) * 2002: Hungary (Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Kinga Bóta, & Erzsébet Viski) * 2003: Hungary (Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, & Kinga Bóta) * 2005: Germany (Carolin Leonhardt, Conny Waßmuth, Judith Hörmann, & Katrin Wagner-Augustin) * 2006: Hungary (Krisztina Fazekas, Tímea Paksy, Natasa Janics, & Katalin Kovács) * 2007: Germany (Carolin Leonhardt, Conny Waßmuth, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, & Maren Knebel) * 2009: Hungary (Dalma Benedek, Danuta Kozák, Natasa Janics, & Katalin Kovács) * 2010: Hungary (Natasa Janics, Tamara Csipes, Katalin Kovács, & Dalma Benedek) * 2011: Hungary (Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács, & Dalma Benedek)