Jana Dukátová

Jana Dukátová (born 13 June 1983) is a former Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. She specialized in the K1 event for most of her career, although she was also one of the pioneers of the women's C1 discipline, becoming the first ever world champion. She stopped competing in C1 after 2010.

She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1: 2010; K1: 2006; K1 team: 2011), four silvers (K1: 2010, 2011, 2017; K1 team: 2009) and two bronzes (K1 team: 2014, 2021).

She won the overall World Cup title four times in the K1 class (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013). At the European Championships she won a total of 14 medals (4 golds, 5 silvers and 5 bronzes). 2021 was her final season and she managed to claim one last medal, a bronze in the K1 team event at the 2021 World Championships on her home course in Bratislava. Dukátová retired from the sport after these World Championships.

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

World Cup individual podiums Total C1 0 2 0 2 K1 9 11 4 24 Total 9 13 4 26

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2005 9 July 2005 Athens 2nd K1 17 July 2005 Augsburg 2nd K1 2006 11 June 2006 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1 6 August 2006 Prague 1st K11 2007 8 July 2007 Tacen 2nd K1 15 July 2007 Augsburg 3rd K1 2008 21 June 2008 Prague 3rd K1 6 July 2008 Augsburg 2nd K1 2009 1 February 2009 Mangahao 1st K12 28 June 2009 Pau 3rd K1 5 July 2009 Bratislava 3rd K1 12 July 2009 Augsburg 1st K1 2010 21 February 2010 Penrith 2nd C13 27 June 2010 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C1 4 July 2010 Augsburg 2nd K1 2011 3 July 2011 L'Argentière-la-Bessée 1st K1 10 July 2011 Markkleeberg 1st K1 14 August 2011 Prague 2nd K1 2012 10 June 2012 Cardiff 2nd K1 26 August 2012 Prague 1st K1 2 September 2012 Bratislava 1st K1 2013 25 August 2013 Bratislava 2nd K1 2014 15 June 2014 Tacen 1st K1 2015 5 July 2015 Liptovský Mikuláš 1st K1 2016 19 June 2016 Pau 2nd K1 2017 25 June 2017 Augsburg 2nd K1

1 World Championship counting for World Cup points 2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points 3 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

Personal life

Her life partner is her longtime coach Róbert Orokocký with whom she has a daughter Lívia. She took a break from the sport in 2018 due to pregnancy and motherhood.