Franc Žitnik (born 8 March 1941 in

Ljubljana {{Infobox settlement , name = Ljubljana , official_name = , settlement_type = Capital city , image_skyline = {{multiple image , border = infobox , perrow = 1/2/2/1 , total_widt ...

) 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 The 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal an der Drau, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time in a row after hosting the event previously in 1963. It was the 9th edition. It also mar ...

in Spittal. Žitnik also finished 19th in the C-2 event at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

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. His son Boštjan represented

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at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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 Canoeists from Ljubljana Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Slovenia-canoe-bio-stub