Jannis Bonek

{{Short description|Austrian orienteer (born 1999)}}

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| caption = Jannis Bonek (2023)

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1999}}

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| sport = Orienteering

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Jannis Bonek (born 1999) is an Austrian orienteering competitor.{{cite web |url= https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/23784 |title =Jannis Bonek |website =IOF Eventor|access-date=16 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sportaustria.at/de/schwerpunkte/veranstaltungen/world-games-2022/team-austria/jannis-bonek-orientierungslauf/ |title =Jannis Bonek – Orientierungslauf |language=de |website =sportaustria.at |access-date=16 July 2023}}

He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships.{{cite web |title= Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2023 - Middle - final |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=7581&groupBy=EventClass |website=eventor.orienteering.org |date=15 July 2023 |access-date=16 July 2023}} This was the first medal ever for Austrian men in the world orienteering championships.{{cite news |title=Bonek gewinnt erste WM-Medaille |language=de |url=https://sport.orf.at/stories/3114079/ |website=sport.orf.at |date=15 July 2023 |access-date=16 July 2023}}Lucie Böhm has previously won world championship medals in women's competitions

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.{{cite news |last1=Lützow |first1=Sigi |title=Orienteer Jannis Bonek: Alert mind on the verge of exhaustion |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000099713829/orientierungslaeufer-jannis-bonek-wacher-geist-am-rande-der-erschoepfung |access-date=23 May 2024 |work=derstandard.de}}