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

Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; ) 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 2022 the town had a total ...

- 1 January 2003 in

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) was a

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sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

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 Southeas ...

. Janić also won six medals at the

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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 ...

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 Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

) 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 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1983 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 TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

). Janić had two sons and a daughter, all of whom also became accomplished canoeists: *

Mićo Janić Mićo Janić (; 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 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cha ...

(b. 1979; competed for FR Yugoslavia in the late 1990s, and for Croatia after 2004) *

Stjepan Janić Stjepan Janić (; 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 Yugoslavia) crew which took the ...

(b. 1980; competed for FR Yugoslavia and switched to Croatia in 2004, appearing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics) * Nataša Janić (b. 1982; competed for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympics, later represented Hungary at the next four Olympics (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and won six medals)

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 for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Serbian male canoeists Yugoslav male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople 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