Franc Žitnik (born 8 March 1941 in

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) is a Yugoslav retired slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal. Žitnik also finished 19th in the C-2 event at the

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. His son

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represented

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at the

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where he finished 10th in the C-1 event.

References

* 1941 births Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Yugoslavia Yugoslav male canoeists Slovenian male canoeists Sportspeople from Ljubljana Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Slovenia-canoe-bio-stub