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Senegalese-German roller skater
Half-length portrait of Janta looking directly at the camera
Janta in 2020

Oumi Janta (c. 1991) is a German-Senegalese jam skater and influencer.

Janta was born in Thiès, Senegal and moved to Germany with her parents as an infant. She grew up in Steglitz, before moving to Neukölln with her family. As a child, Janta was a fan of figure skating. After studying industrial design at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, she initially worked as an eyewear designer. Taking up roller skating to escape ennui in her work, she became part of a community based at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin. Janta was inspired by Surya Bonaly.

In 2020, an Instagram video of Janta went viral and was eventually viewed by more than 3 million people. Janta subsequently left her office job to work in skating and other creative areas full-time, founding a Jam Skate Club in Berlin and teaching roller skating to others. She also works as a model. Janta has been credited with being part of a 2020s revival of interest in roller skating and jam skating. Interest in the revival has been particularly strong among black women.

References

  1. ^ Adhav, Lauren (2020-10-15). "You'll Wanna Watch Roller Skater Oumi Janta Glide Around in Her Retro Looks Alllll Damn Day". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. ^ Rufatto, Gabriel (28 December 2022). "Jam-Skaterin Oumi Janta: Rollschuh-Queen über Nacht" [Jam skater Oumi Janta: roller skating queen overnight] (video). GERMANIA. Produced by Bastian Asdonk. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via YouTube.
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  6. Freeman, Liam (2021-06-07). "Meet Oumi Janta, The Viral Roller-Skating Sensation Fronting The New Bottega Veneta Campaign". British Vogue. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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  10. Jeffery, Yasmin (2022-06-02). "Yasmin was scared to try rollerskating on her own, but it ended up the best thing for her". ABC Everyday. Archived from the original on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  11. Easter, Makeda (2020-10-26). "How learning to roller skate helped me connect with a piece of L.A. Black culture". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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