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Dana Mann

Dana Mann
Personal information
Birth nameDana Beňušová
NationalitySlovak
Born (1984-09-06) September 6, 1984 (age 40)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Years active2000-2015
Sport
CountrySlovakia, United States
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Slovakia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bratislava K1 team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Bratislava K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Augsburg K1 team
U23 European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kraków K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kraków K1
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Bratislava K1 team
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Bratislava K1 team

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.[1]

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.[2] She married the American K1 slalom paddler Scott Mann in 2010.[3]

Career statistics

Major championships results timeline

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

Event 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
World Championships K1 — — Not held — — — Not held — 11 8 Not held 5 23 44
K1 team — — Not held — — — Not held — 6 1 Not held — 10 13
European Championships K1 — Not held — — — — — — 21 18 26 Not eligible
K1 team 13 Not held — — — — — — 3 3 3 Not eligible

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
2011 26 Jun 2011 Tacen 2nd K1

References

  1. ^ "Dana MANN". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Dana Mann (USA)". CanoeICF.com. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Slalom Confluence: Benusova (SVK) and Mann (USA)" Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - accessed October 16, 2011
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Mann