Biography
Spela PONOMARENKO JANIC
 CANOE FEDERATION OF SLOVENIA
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| 02/10/1981 | |
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| other members of the team: | Anja OSTERMAN | ||
| HOBBIES: | Reading, travelling, photography | |
| SPORTING RELATIVES: | Her husband Stjepan Janic represented Croatia in canoe sprint at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012) | |
| FACEBOOK: | https://www.facebook.com/spela.ponomarenkojanic | |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | Koper, SLO | |
| OCCUPATION: | Armed Forces, Athlete | |
| LANGUAGES: | English, Italian, Slovene | |
| HIGHER EDUCATION: | Administration Studies | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | She took up the sport at age 12 at the KKK Zusterna club in Koper, Slovenia. | |
| HERO/IDOL: | Canoe sprint athlete Josefa Idem | |
| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: | "Train hard, go fast and have fun." (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012) | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | She was named the 2015 Athlete of the Year in Koper, Slovenia. (kajak-zveza.si, 05 Mar 2016)She was named the 2013 and 2015 Female Paddler of the Year by the Canoe Federation of Slovenia. (sportscene.tv, 05 Dec 2013; kajak-zveza.si, 06 Nov 2015)She was the flag bearer for Slovenia at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (siol.net, 22 Aug 2008) | |
| CLUB: | KKK Zusterna: Koper, SLO | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Stjepan Janic [husband], CRO | |
| TRAINING REGIME: | She paddles twice a day for a total of 30 kilometres | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: | 2002 | |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | MATERNITY LEAVE She missed 20 months of competition after giving birth to her son Adam. Her last appearance before the birth was at the 2013 World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, in August 2013. She returned at the World Cup event in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, in May 2015. (siol.net, 17 May 2015; siol.net, 15 May 2015) |
2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
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Aug 24 11:26 |
Women's 500m K2 SENIOR Heats 2 |
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01:43.749
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Aug 25 9:48 |
Women's 200m K1 SENIOR Heats 3 |
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1
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00:40.300
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Aug 26 11:47 |
Women's 500m K2 SENIOR Final A |
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3
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01:40.804
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Aug 26 15:54 |
Women's 200m K1 SENIOR Semifinal 3 |
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2
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00:40.553
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Aug 27 10:46 |
Women's 200m K1 SENIOR Final A |
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3
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00:39.564
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