Stjepan Janić

Who is Stjepan Janić?

Stjepan Janić, is a Croatian sprint canoer.

In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro 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” tall and weighs 190 lbs. He is the son of the late legendary 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.