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Natasa Dusev-Janics

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The native form of this personal name is Dusev-Janics Natasa. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Natasa Dusev-Janics
Natasa Dusev-Janics in 2012
Personal information
Birth nameNataša Janić
NationalitySerbian, Hungarian
Born (1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 42)
Bačka Palanka, SFR Yugoslavia (today in Serbia)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubSzegedi VSE (2001–2012)
Győri VSE (2013–)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 2 1
World Championships 20 6 9
European Championships 18 4 2
European Games 0 0 0
Total 41 11 12
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens K-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 London K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London K-1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seville K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Gainesville K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K–1 200 m Relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 x 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Poznań K-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Poznań K-1 4 x 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-2 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Poznań K-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Poznań K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Poznań K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Račice K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Račice K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Račice K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Račice K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Račice K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Pontevedra K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Brandenburg K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trasona K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trasona K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trasona K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Zagreb K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Szeged K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Brandenburg K1-4×200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Brandenburg K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Brandenburg K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m

Natasa Dusev-Janics (Serbian: Nataša Dušev-Janić, Serbian Cyrillic: Наташа Душев-Јанић; born 24 June 1982) is a Yugoslavian-Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed for Hungary since 2001 and has won six Olympic medals in the sprint canoe events.

Early life

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Natasa grew up in Serbia and competed for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics before moving to Hungary. She is a daughter of Milan Janić (1957-2003), 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 have competed for Croatia since 2004. They took part in the 2008 Olympics, though Mićo was only nominated as a reserve.[1][2]

Career

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Janics won two Olympic gold medals in the sprint canoe events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, another gold and silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and silver and bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has also won 26 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with 20 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, 2003, 2006; K-4 500 m: 2006, 2009, 2010; K-4 1000 m: 2003, 2006; K-1 200 m relay: 2013) and six silvers (K-1 500 m: 2010, K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, 2010; K-2 200 m: 2015; K-2 500 m: 2013; K-4 200 m: 2009).

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.

On 4 October 2012 it was revealed that she made a decision to return and compete under the flag of her native country, Serbia.[3] On 9 March 2013 she informed the Hungarian Canoe Federation in a letter about changing her mind and her wish to compete for Hungary during her professional career.[4]

She's been suffering from a herniated disc in her neck since 2012; in 2019 she has stated that it's reached a point where she is considering retirement.[5]

Awards

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Orders and special awards
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2004)
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2008)
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross with Star (2012)

References

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  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: JANIC Stjepan". results.beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Athlete Biography: JANIC Mico". results.beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Janić: Čast mi je što ću ponovo da branim boje Srbije". sport.blic.rs.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). kajakkenusport.hu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Sérve vethet véget Janics Natasa karrierjének". index.hu. 16 January 2019.
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Awards
Preceded by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Young Athlete of Yugoslavia
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
2004
2010 		Succeeded by
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