Dana Mann

Dana Mann (née Beňušová, born September 6, 1984, in Bratislava) is a Slovak-born American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2000 to 2015, specializing in the K1 discipline. She represented the United States from 2013 to 2015.

She won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava. She also won three consecutive bronze medals in the K1 team event at the European Championships from 2010 to 2012.

She finished 2nd in the overall World Cup standings in the K1 discipline in 2011. It was during that season that she earned her only World Cup medal with a second place finish in Tacen.

Dana is the older sister of Matej Beňuš, two-time Olympic medalist, multiple world medalist and world cup champion in C1. Her mother Jana Kubovčáková is also a medalist from World Championships in canoe slalom. She married the American K1 slalom paddler Scott Mann in 2010.

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

Representing Slovakia from 2002 to 2012 and United States from 2013 to 2015.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2011 26 Jun 2011 Tacen 2nd K1