Jannis Bonek
Jannis Bonek (2023) | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1999 (age 25–26) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||
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Jannis Bonek (born 1999) is an Austrian orienteering competitor.
He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships. This was the first medal ever for Austrian men in the world orienteering championships.
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.