Ognjen Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњен Филиповић, born 17 October 1973 in Sremska Mitrovica) is a Serbian sprint canoer who competed for Serbia and Montenegro and later Serbia. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 200 m: 2005 for Serbia and Montenegro, K-4 200 m: 2006 for Serbia), a silver K-4 200 m: 2007 for Serbia), and three bronzes (K-1 200 m: 1998 for Yugoslavia, K-2 200 m: 2006 for Serbia, 2007 for Serbia).

Ognjen Filipović
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Duisburg K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Szeged K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Szeged K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Duisburg K-2 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Pontevedra K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Zagreb K-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Milan K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Poznań K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Pontevedra K-2 200 m
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería K-2 500 m

Filipović also competed in two Summer Olympics, both for Serbia and Montenegro. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was eliminated in the semifinal round of the K-1 500 m event. Four years later, Filipović was eliminated in the semifinals again, both in the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events.

Filipović, nicknamed Ogi, is a member of the Čačak canoe club.

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