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Hungarian canoeist
The native form of this personal name is: Urányi János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne K-2 10000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Prague K-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Mâcon K-4 10000 m

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.

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