Dana Mann

Dana Mann

Personal information
Birth name	Dana Beňušová
Nationality	Slovak
Born	(1984-09-06) September 6, 1984 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Years active	2000-2015
Sport
Country	Slovakia, United States
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing Slovakia World Championships 2011 Bratislava K1 team European Championships 2010 Bratislava K1 team 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team 2012 Augsburg K1 team U23 European Championships 2005 Kraków K1 team 2004 Kraków K1 Junior World Championships 2000 Bratislava K1 team Junior European Championships 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.

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, multiple world medalist and world cup champion in C1. Her mother Jana Kubovčáková is also a medalist from World Championships in canoe slalom. She married the American K1 slalom paddler Scott Mann in 2010.

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

External links

• Dana Mann at the International Canoe Federation