Janez Klemenčič

Janez "Jani" Klemenčič (born September 21, 1971 in Jesenice ) is a former Slovenian rower .

Still starting for Yugoslavia Janez Klemenčič finished fifth in the double scull at the Junior World Championships in 1989 . In 1992 Slovenia took part in the Olympic Games for the first time. At the 1992 Olympic regatta , the Slovenian four-man without a helmsman won the bronze medal behind the boats from Australia and the United States with Janez Klemenčič, Sašo Mirjanič , Milan Janša and Sadik Mujkič .

With the Slovenian four without a helmsman, Klemenčič reached fourth place at the World Championships in 1994 , and in 1995 the Slovenians took eighth place. At the 1996 Olympic Games , Denis Žvegelj , Klemenčič, Janša and Mujkič sat in the Slovenian foursome, which finished as the fourth boat behind the Australians, French and British. After the Slovenian four had finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships , Klemenčič was absent from international regattas for two years.

At the 2000 Olympic Games he was back in the Slovenian foursome, who finished fourth with Klemenčič, Janša, Rok Kolander and Matej Prelog like four years earlier. A year later, the four Slovenes won the bronze medal behind the British and Germans at the 2001 World Championships in Lucerne. In 2002 the Slovenian foursome again finished fourth in the World Cup finals. At his fourth Olympic participation in Athens in 2004 , Klemenčič did not reach the A-final with the Slovenian four-man, in the overall standings the Slovenes took ninth place. After the 2005 season, Janez Klemenčič's career ended.

The 1.90 m tall Janez Klemenčič rowed for Veslaski Klub Bled .

Web links

• Janez Klemenčič in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Janez Klemenčič at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )