{{Short description|Senegalese-German roller skater}} alt=Half-length portrait of Janta looking directly at the camera|thumb|220x220px|Janta in 2020 '''Oumi Janta''' ({{Circa|1991}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Adhav |first=Lauren |date=2020-10-15 |title=You'll Wanna Watch Roller Skater Oumi Janta Glide Around in Her Retro Looks Alllll Damn Day |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a33945339/oumi-janta-skater-girl-70s-roller-fashion/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214090144/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a33945339/oumi-janta-skater-girl-70s-roller-fashion/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is a German-Senegalese jam skater and influencer.
Janta was born in Thiès, Senegal and moved to Germany with her parents as an infant.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Rufatto |first=Gabriel |date=28 December 2022 |others=Produced by Bastian Asdonk |title=Jam-Skaterin Oumi Janta: Rollschuh-Queen über Nacht |trans-title=Jam skater Oumi Janta: roller skating queen overnight |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflUoc82iUA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106153626/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflUoc82iUA |archive-date=6 January 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |website= |series=GERMANIA |publisher=Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen |type=video |via=YouTube}}</ref> She grew up in Steglitz, before moving to Neukölln with her family.<ref name=":5" /> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fajemisin |first=Olamiju |date=2020-12-10 |title='I inspired a lot of black women to start rollerskating' – Oumi Janta wants you to dance |url=https://gal-dem.com/oumi-janta-community-cover-black-women-rollerskating/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526215144/https://gal-dem.com/oumi-janta-community-cover-black-women-rollerskating/ |archive-date=2022-05-26 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=gal-dem}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dombrowski |first=Edyta |date=2021-05-20 |title=Rollschuh-Revival: Oumi Janta hat den Hype ums Jamskaten mit ausgelöst! |trans-title=Roller skating revival: Oumi Janta helped trigger the jam skating hype! |url=https://femtastics.com/stories/jamskaten-oumi-janta/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Das Fempower-Magazin! |language=de-DE |archive-date=2022-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907003503/https://femtastics.com/stories/jamskaten-oumi-janta/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Taking up roller skating to escape ennui in her work, she became part of a community based at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> Janta was inspired by Surya Bonaly.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Liam |date=2021-06-07 |title=Meet Oumi Janta, The Viral Roller-Skating Sensation Fronting The New Bottega Veneta Campaign |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/oumi-janta-bottega-veneta-campaign |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118044430/https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/oumi-janta-bottega-veneta-campaign |archive-date=2022-01-18 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=British Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2020, an Instagram video of Janta went viral and was eventually viewed by more than 3 million people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lüder |first=Charlotte |date=2021-09-11 |title=Jam-Skaterin Oumi Janta: Rollen mit der Besten |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/deinspiegel/jam-skaterin-oumi-janta-rollen-mit-der-besten-a-7364f42a-0002-0001-0000-000177426684 |access-date=2022-09-06 |issn=2195-1349 |archive-date=2022-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529152601/https://www.spiegel.de/deinspiegel/jam-skaterin-oumi-janta-rollen-mit-der-besten-a-7364f42a-0002-0001-0000-000177426684 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Hubbell |first=Diana |date=2020-09-16 |title=Oumi Janta Is Leading a Skating Revolution in Berlin |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/oumi-janta-is-leading-a-skating-revolution-in-berlin |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512142349/https://www.cntraveler.com/story/oumi-janta-is-leading-a-skating-revolution-in-berlin |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Kölner Treff: Jam-Skaterin Oumi Janta |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/koelner-treff/jam-skaterin-oumi-janta/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLWJkNWQ2YzVhLTYyNTYtNDc3Ni04YzRhLWU0YzM3YTg4NjA1Nw |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.ardmediathek.de |language=de |type=Video |archive-date=2022-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907000604/https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/koelner-treff/jam-skaterin-oumi-janta/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLWJkNWQ2YzVhLTYyNTYtNDc3Ni04YzRhLWU0YzM3YTg4NjA1Nw |url-status=live }}</ref> She also works as a model.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Luckhurst |first=Phoebe |date=2020-08-13 |title=Why 2020 Is The Summer Of Rollerskating |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/rollerskating-trend |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB |archive-date=2021-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021030252/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/rollerskating-trend |url-status=live }}</ref> Janta has been credited with being part of a 2020s revival of interest in roller skating and jam skating.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> Interest in the revival has been particularly strong among black women.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Yasmin |date=2022-06-02 |title=Yasmin was scared to try rollerskating on her own, but it ended up the best thing for her |url=https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/rollerskating-alone-is-helping-yasmin-overcome-social-anxiety/101116538 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=ABC Everyday |language=en-AU |archive-date=2022-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623204302/https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/rollerskating-alone-is-helping-yasmin-overcome-social-anxiety/101116538 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Easter |first=Makeda |date=2020-10-26 |title=How learning to roller skate helped me connect with a piece of L.A. Black culture |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-26/how-learning-to-roller-skate-helped-me-connect-with-l-a-black-culture |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822234544/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-26/how-learning-to-roller-skate-helped-me-connect-with-l-a-black-culture |url-status=live }}</ref>
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