Jana Lakner
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 22 July 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 400 m: 51.60 (Wattenscheid, 2026) Indoor 400 m: 53.13 (Dortmund, 2025) |
Jana Lakner (born 22 July 2000) is a German sprinter, specialising in the 400 metres. She competed for Germany at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
From Landshut, she was later based in Regensburg.[2][3] A member of LG Telis Finanz Regensburg. Lakner is coached by Stefan Wimmer.[4]
In Dortmund in February 2025, she ran a personal best of 53.13 seconds at the German Indoor Championships over 400 metres.[5] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[6] She also competed for Germany in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event.[7] The following month, Lakner took her lifetime best from 53.13 to 51.77 to win the women’s 400 m in Dresden ahead of Johanna Martin, who was given an identical time,[8] before she then ran a personal best for the 400 m of 51.73 in Geneva later in June 2025.[9][3] That month, she represented Germany at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships, competing in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[10] In July, she placed fifth in the 400 m at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum.[2] In August, in Dresden she had a third-place finish at the German Championships in 52.30 seconds.[3] She was selected for the German team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[11][12]
In May 2026, she competed for the German team at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, running in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay and women's 4 × 400 m relay.[13][14][15] In the women's race she ran a split time of 50.85 seconds, the fastest by a German woman for two years, to help the team qualify for the 2027 World Championships, alongside Skadi Schier, Annkathrin Hoven and Irina Gorr.[4] At the 2026 German Outdoor Championships she got second behind Johanna Martin in a new personal record of 51.60s.[16][17] In August, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[18]
Personal life
Lakner studies in industrial sensor technology at OTH Regensburg. She also spent time in the United States at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.[3]
References
- ↑ "Jana Lakner". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- 1 2 "A serenade for Jana Lakner: Only the Regensburg native's medal dreams remain unfulfilled". mittelbayerische.de. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Jana Lakner from Regensburg: From nothing to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". mittelbayerische.de. 11 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Jana Lakner explodes: Telis runner takes the German relay team to the 2027 World Championships". mittelbayerische.de. 5 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "German Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (1 Jun 2025). "Fast one lap action provides the highlights in Dresden". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "Flash-News am Samstag". Leichtathletik. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays 2026: These stars will start in the relay highlight - German Athletics Federation (DLV) team with top lineup". Olympics.com. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "German sprinters shine with bronze". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "das Leichtathletik-Portal - DM 2026 live". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ Ring, Kurt. "Jana Lakner holt sich bei der DM 400m Silber". www.lg-telis-finanz.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.