Špela Ponomarenko Janić

Špela Ponomarenko Janić (born 2 October 1981) is a Slovenian sprint canoer who has won three medals in the K-1 200 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 2006 and bronze in 2007 and 2013.

Špela Ponomarenko Janić

Personal information
Nationality	Slovenian
Born	(1981-10-02) 2 October 1981 (age 43) Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovenia
Sport	Sprint kayak
Event(s)	K-1 200 m, K–2 200 m
Club	KKK Zusterna
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Slovenia World Championships 2006 Szeged K-1 200 m 2019 Szeged K-2 200 m 2007 Duisburg K-1 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 200 m 2017 Račice K-1 200 m 2017 Račice K-2 500 m 2019 Szeged K-2 500 m European Championships 2021 Poznań K-2 200 m 2017 Plovdiv K-2 500 m 2009 Brandenburg K-1 200 m 2012 Zagreb K-1 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-1 200 m Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara K-1 500 m 2013 Mersin K-1 200 m 2013 Mersin K-1 500 m

Ponomarenko also finished sixth in the K-1 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)

External links

• Špela Ponomarenko Janić at the International Canoe Federation
• Špela Ponomarenko Janić at Olympics.com
• Špela Ponomarenko Janić at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)