Name: Janina Kühn (Kuehn)
Date of Birth: 17 February 1978
Born: Hamburg (Germany)
Nationality: German
Hometown: Palmerston North
Maritial status: Partner Leyton Gapper
Years in Triathlon: 3
Education: MSc in Food Chemistry, University of Technology Dresden (Germany)
Occupation: PhD student at Massey University, spending most of my time researching interactions of milk proteins and flavour compounds to make those recovery drinks taste better!
Hobbies: Triathlon, travelling, reading, shopping, snowboarding ,windsurfing, tramping, sunbathing, cooking and eating nice food
Bike: Kuota Kharma
Shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 9
Wetsuit: Blue Seventy Helix
Coach: Graham Park
Favourite swim: Lake Taupo
Favourite bike: Palmerston North-Apiti loop
Favourite run: Anywhere off-road, forest, beach …
Worst moment: Pinched nerve in my back two days before the worlds in Lausanne. Couldn’t move my arm without really bad pain but finished the race.
Best moment: Standing on the start line at my first world championships in 2005