Stjepan Janić
Stjepan Janić (Serbian: Стјепан Јанић; born 24 November 1980 in Bačka Palanka, Serbia), is a Serbian and Croatian sprint canoer.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} FR Yugoslavia | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1998 Szeged | K-2 1000 m |
Representing  Croatia | ||
| Mediterranean Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2005 Almería | K1 1000 m |
| 2005 Almería | K2 500 m |
| 2009 Pescara | K1 500 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2009 Pescara | K1 1000 m |
In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro (then under Yugoslavia) crew which took the K-2 1000 m title at the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. In 2004, he started competing for Croatia.
Janić is a member of the Kajak klub Jarun from Zagreb. He is 6’0” (1.84 m) tall and weighs 190 lbs (86 kg). He is the son of Serbian canoer Milan Janić. His sister is Nataša Janić, a multiple canoe Olympic gold medalist for Hungary.
Janić competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing seventh in the K-1 1000 m and ninth in the K-1 500 m events.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Sports-reference.com profile
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