Stjepan Janic
Stjepan Janić (born November 24, 1980 in Bačka Palanka , Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian canoeist .
Janić starts for the canoe club Jarun Zagreb and is a member of the Croatian national team in single and double kayaks . His greatest success so far was the silver medal in a two-man kayak over a distance of 1000 m with his brother Mićo Janić at the Junior World Championships in 1998. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , he was ninth in a single kayak over 500 meters and seventh over 1000 meters .
Medals
- 1998: Silver Junior World Championship (K2 1000m)
Others
- His father Milan Janić won the silver medal in a single kayak over 1000 meters at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles .
- His sister Natasa Janics is also a successful canoeist who has been sailing for Hungary since 2002 .
Web links
- Stjepan Janić in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janic, Stjepan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian canoeist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bačka Palanka , Yugoslavia |