PONOMARENKO JANIC Spela

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4	10
2012	London, GBR	10	12
2008	Beijing, CHN	-	6

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 200m	K2 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	2	3
2017	Racice, CZE	3	-	-	-	3
2015	Milan, ITA	11	6	-	-	-
2013	Duisburg, GER	3	4	-	-	-
2011	Szeged, HUN	13	14	-	-	-
2010	Poznan, POL	8	32	-	-	-
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	10	7	-	-	-
2007	Duisburg, GER	3	10	-	-	-
2006	Szeged, HUN	2	11	-	-	-
2005	Zagreb, CRO	12	11	-	-	-
2003	Gainesville, GA, USA	-	-	-	11	18
2002	Seville, ESP	22	26	20	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K2 200m	K2 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	1	5
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	3	-	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 500m
2021	-	-	1 x 3rd
2019	-	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2017	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	2 x 2nd	2 x 3rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2019	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:41.689
2	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	41.070
2	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	40.279
2	2017	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:49.392
2	2017	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:49.439
3	2021	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:45.14
3	2019	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:40.934
3	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	39.564
3	2017	Kayak Double 500m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	1:40.804
3	2017	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:41.842

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Reading books, travelling, photography. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012; sta.si, 23 Aug 2019)

Armed Forces, Athlete

Administration Studies

Husband Stjepan Janic, son Adam [2013], daughter Sofia [2018]

English, Italian, Slovene

Kanu Kajak Klub Zusterna [Koper, SLO]

Stjepan Janic [husband], CRO

Her husband Stjepan Janic represented Croatia in canoe sprint at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012)

She suffered from tendon inflammation in a finger on her left hand in 2011. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012)

She took up the sport at age 12 at Kanu Kajak Klub Zusterna in Koper, Slovenia. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012)

To win an Olympic medal. (siol.net, 11 Apr 2019)

Winning silver and bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, only 10 months after giving birth to her second child. (val202.rtvslo.si, 05 Sep 2019)

Canoe sprint paddler Josefa Idem. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012)

"Train hard, go fast and have fun." (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012)

She and teammate Anja Osterman received the 2019 Female Athlete of the Year in Primorska, Slovenia. (primorske.si, 29 Nov 2019)

She and Osterman were given the 2019 Flatwater Paddler of the Year Award by the Canoe Federation of Slovenia. (primorske.si, 19 Dec 2019)

She was named the Female Paddler of the Year in 2013, 2015 and 2016 by the Canoe Federation of Slovenia. (ekopercapodistria.si, 02 Dec 2016)

She was named the 2015 Athlete of the Year in Koper, Slovenia. (kajak-zveza.si, 05 Mar 2016)

She was the flag bearer for Slovenia at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (siol.net, 22 Aug 2008)