Milan Janić ( sr-cyrl, Милан Јанић; 14 June 1957 in

Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; hu, Palánka) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2011 the tow ...

- 1 January 2003 in

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) was a

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n sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s for

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. Competing in two

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, he won a silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

. Janić also won six medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...

with three golds (K-1 10000 m:

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

) and three silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1978, K-1 1000 m:

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

). Three of his children are also accomplished canoeists:

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

Mićo Janić Mićo Janić ( sr, Мићо Јанић; born 28 May 1979 in Bačka Palanka, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian and Croatian canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1998 IC ...

and

Stjepan Janić Stjepan Janić ( sr, Стјепан Јанић; born 24 November 1980 in Bačka Palanka, Serbia), is a Serbian and Croatian sprint canoer. In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro (then under Yu ...

References

* * *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 492.

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* 1957 births 2003 deaths Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Serbian male canoeists Yugoslav male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak People from Bačka Palanka {{Yugoslavia-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing