Natasa Dusev-Janics

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.

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
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 place2004 AthensK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonK-1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2003 GainesvilleK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2003 GainesvilleK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2007 DuisburgK-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2010 PoznańK-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2010 PoznańK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2010 PoznańK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2013 DuisburgK–1 200 m Relay
Silver medal – second place2009 DartmouthK-1 4 x 200 m
Silver medal – second place2009 DartmouthK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place2010 PoznańK-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2010 PoznańK-1 4 x 200 m
Silver medal – second place2013 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2015 MilanK-2 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 PoznańK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2005 PoznańK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2005 PoznańK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2005 PoznańK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 RačiceK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2007 PontevedraK-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 BrandenburgK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2010 TrasonaK-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2010 TrasonaK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2010 TrasonaK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2012 ZagrebK-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2012 ZagrebK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2002 SzegedK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place2009 BrandenburgK1-4×200 m
Silver medal – second place2009 BrandenburgK-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place2009 BrandenburgK-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 500 m

Early life

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

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
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
  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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