title: János Urányi
text: # János Urányi
  
  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.
  
  