Stjepan Janić ( sr, Стјепан Јанић; born 24 November 1980 in Bačka Palanka,

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

), is a

n and

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n sprint canoer. In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the

and Montenegro (then under

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) crew which took the K-2 1000 m title at the

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. In 2004, he started competing for Croatia. Janić is a member of the Kajak klub Jarun from

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. He is 6’0” (1.84 m) tall and weighs 190 lbs (86 kg). He is the son of Serbian canoer

Milan Janić Milan Janić ( sr-cyrl, Милан Јанић; 14 June 1957 in Bačka Palanka - 1 January 2003 in Belgrade) was a Serbian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s for Yugoslavia. Competing in two Summer ...

. His sister is

Nataša Janić Natasa Dusev-Janics ( sr-Latn, Nataša Dušev-Janić, sr-Cyrl, 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 even ...

, a multiple canoe Olympic gold medalist for

. Janić competed at the

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, finishing seventh in the K-1 1000 m and ninth in the K-1 500 m events.

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1980 births Living people People from Bačka Palanka Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Croatian male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Croatia Serbian male canoeists Yugoslav male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing {{Croatia-canoe-bio-stub