Jannis Bonek
 Jannis Bonek (2023) | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1999 (age 24–25) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||
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Jannis Bonek (born 1999) is an Austrian orienteering competitor.[1][2]
He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships.[3] This was the first medal ever for Austrian men in the world orienteering championships.[4][5]
Bonek was born in Vienna. His grandfather was also an orienteer, and Bonek first tried orienteering as a toddler, completing his first courses unaccompanied at the age of 8 or 9. Bonek spent half a year in Uppsala at a specialized orienteering school. Bonek has been a professional orienteer since at least 2019. Bonek runs for OK Linne in club events.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jannis Bonek". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Jannis Bonek – Orientierungslauf". sportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2023 - Middle - final". eventor.orienteering.org. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Bonek gewinnt erste WM-Medaille". sport.orf.at (in German). 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Lucie Böhm has previously won world championship medals in women's competitions
- ^ Lützow, Sigi. "Orienteer Jannis Bonek: Alert mind on the verge of exhaustion". derstandard.de. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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