Janez Porenta

Janez Porenta also known as Ivan Porenta, (3 June 1896 – 13 June 1942) was a Slovenian gymnast, competing for Yugoslavia. He won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Porenta was born in Ljubljana. He was a member of the Slovenian Sokol athletics movement. With the Yugoslav team, Porenta participated at two Olympic games, at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and in 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In Paris, he competed at nine events, his best results being 4th place in men's team competition and 6th place in horse vault. In Amsterdam, where the Yugoslav team won five medals in total, Porenta was a member of the bronze medal winning team at teh team competition, together with Edvard Antosiewicz, Stane Derganc, Dragutin Ciotti, Boris Gregorka, Anton Malej, Jože Primožič, and Leon Štukelj.

During the Second World War, Porenta was active in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation. In 1942, he was captured by the occupying forces of Fascist Italy and shot in Gramozna Jama in Ljubljana, as a hostage in a reprisal against local guerrilla attacks.