Natasa Dusev-Janics

Natasa Dusev-Janics (Serbian Latin: Nataša Dušev-Janić, Serbian Cyrillic: 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 events.

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–)

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 x 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 it's causing her to consider retirement.[5]

Awards

Orders and special awards
  • Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2004)
  • Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2008)
  • Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross with Star (2012)

References

Awards
Preceded by
Lazar Lazarević
The Best Young Athlete of Yugoslavia
2000
Succeeded by
Tomislav Tomović
Preceded by
Katalin Kovács
Katinka Hosszú
Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
2004
2010
Succeeded by
Zsuzsanna Vörös
Tamara Csipes
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