
Jana Machacova
26/02/1996
University of Leeds
French and Japanese (2019)
Jana is one of our athletes supported by the Leeds Sport, Sports Scholarship Programme, helping her to balance her studies with training and improve to carry her junior success into U23 competition.
Major Achievements
- Tabor ETU Junior Cup Winner – 2015
- Châteauroux ETU Junior Cup Winner– 2015
- 2nd Overall in the European Cup – 2015
Early Sporting Career
Jana, who represents the Czech Republic at international competition, started her sporting life as a swimmer aged 8. She then started triathlon aged 12 and achieved a lot of success at junior level, winning multiple European Cups. Jana made the decision to move to the University of Leeds in September 2015 to train at the Leeds Triathlon Centre.