Ognjen Filipović

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Ognjen Filipović (born 17 October 1973 in Sremska Mitrovica) is a Serbian flatwater canoer and current (2005) world champion in the kayak K-2 200m sprint.

Racing in the individual (K-1) 200m event he won the 1998 world championship bronze medal in Szeged, Hungary. The following year he was the silver medallist at the European championships in Zagreb, Croatia. At the Sydney Olympics he was a semi=finalist in the K-1 500m.

In 2004, he was selected ahead of Igor Kovačić and Jozef Šoti to partner Dragan Zorić for the Athens Olympics. There being no 200m races at the Olympics, they competed in the K-2 500m and 1000m. Although they were disappointed to be eliminated in the semi-finals, the partnership was retained for the 2005 season.

In July 2005, Filipović and Zorić won the bronze medal in the European championship 200m final. In August they went on to become world champions in Zagreb with a surprise victory ahead of three-times champions Duonela and Balciunas of Lithuania.

Filipović is a member of the Čačak canoe club.

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