Jani Lakanen

Jani Lakanen, born on 11 December 1976 in Lohja, is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He won the long distance at the 2006 World Orienteering Championships and became relay world champion in 2001 together with Jarkko Huovila, Juha Peltola and Janne Salmi. He also took the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2000, and at the European Orienteering Championships he won relay gold in 2002 in Sümeg and gold in the long course in 2006 in Otepää, a record that spans both the world and the continental level of the sport.