Stjepan Janić (; born 24 November 1980 in
Bačka Palanka,
Serbia
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sprint canoer.
In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the
Serbia
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and Montenegro (then under
Yugoslavia
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) crew which took the K-2 1000 m title at the
World Championships in
Szeged
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Hungary
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. In 2004, he started competing for Croatia.
Janić is a member of the
Kajak klub Jarun from
Zagreb
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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. His sister is
Nataša Janić, a multiple canoe Olympic gold medalist for
Hungary
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Janić competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, finishing seventh in the
K-1 1000 m and ninth in the
K-1 500 m events.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bačka Palanka
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Croatian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for 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
Serbia and Montenegro male canoeists
21st-century Serbian sportsmen
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