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{{Eastern name order|Urányi János}}{{MedalTableTop}}{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}{{MedalOlympic}}{{MedalGold|1956 Melbourne|K-2 10000 m}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalGold|1958 Prague|K-2 10000 m}}{{MedalBronze|1954 Mâcon|K-4 10000 m}}{{MedalBottom}}János Urányi (24 June 1924 - 23 May 1964) was a Hungarian sprint canoer. Urányi was born in Balatonboglár and competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956. Urányi also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 10000 m: 1958) and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954). He died in Budapest, aged 39. References- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5e02gQdss?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-01-21 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date2=January 5, 2010 |title2=Wayback Machine }}
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Men discontinued kayak events}}{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 10000 m Men}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Uranyi, Janos}}{{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub}}{{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub}} 12 : 1924 births|1964 deaths|People from Balatonboglár|Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Hungarian male canoeists|Olympic canoeists of Hungary|Olympic gold medalists for Hungary|Olympic medalists in canoeing|ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak|Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics |