Jakub Jáně

Jakub Jáně (born 13 September 1990) is a retired Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2006 to 2019, specializing in the C2 and mixed C2 events.

He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (Mixed C2: 2019, C2 team: 2013) and a bronze (C2 team: 2014). He also won three silver and four bronze medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships.

His partner in the men's C2 was Ondřej Karlovský.

Jáně won the overall World Cup title in mixed C2 in 2018 together with Tereza Fišerová. It was the only year when mixed C2 was included in the World Cup.

His older brother Michal is also a slalom canoeist.

World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2015 21 Jun 2015 Prague 2nd C2 2016 4 Sep 2016 Prague 3rd C2 2018 23 Jun 2018 Liptovský Mikuláš 2nd Mixed C2 30 Jun 2018 Kraków 1st Mixed C2 7 Jul 2018 Augsburg 2nd Mixed C2 8 Sep 2018 La Seu d'Urgell 1st Mixed C2