Nov 24, 1980Bačka Palanka, Vojvodina, Serbia43 years old
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About Stjepan Jani
Stjepan Janic (Serbian: ??????? ?????; born 24 November 1980 in Backa Palanka, Serbia), is a Serbian and Croatian sprint canoer. In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro (then under Yugoslavia) crew which took the K-2 1000 m title at the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
In 2004, he started competing for Croatia. Janic is a member of the Kajak klub Jarun from Zagreb.
He is 6’0” (1.84 m) tall and weighs 190 lbs (86 kg).
He is the son of Serbian canoer Milan Janic.
His sister is Nataša Janic, a multiple canoe Olympic gold medalist for Hungary. Janic 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.