Oumi Janta
Oumi Janta is a Berlin roller dancer, teacher and model with Senegalese roots, sharing jam skating online and bringing people together through Jam Skate Club.
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Bottega VenetaOverview
- Roots
- Born in Thiès, Senegal; raised in Berlin.
- Work
- Roller dancer, skating teacher, model and founder of Jam Skate Club.
- Before skating full time
- Studied industrial design at HTW Berlin and worked as an eyewear designer.
- Breakout
- A 2020 Instagram video of dancing on skates at Tempelhofer Feld.
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Senegal and brought to Berlin as a baby, Oumi studied industrial design and worked on eyewear. A roller disco at Huxleys sparked a love of skating. After an initial spell of lessons, money was tight, so they kept learning through videos from the US.
The breakthrough.
In 2020, a video of Oumi dancing in a yellow outfit at Tempelhofer Feld travelled far beyond Berlin. The skate school already existed before that moment. Oumi later told rbb24 that the attention helped it grow and opened up paid creative collaborations.
Beyond the feed.
Jam Skate Club brings together lessons, roller discos and performance work. Oumi’s practice connects choreography and music with the Black American roots of rhythm skating. Recent work has placed particular emphasis on helping children and young people access movement and alternative sports.
Fashion and teaching.
Oumi’s skating has also led to fashion work, including Bottega Veneta’s Wardrobe 02 campaign in 2021. That year they appeared as a roller-skating trainer on Germany’s Next Topmodel.
Creditschronological, newest first
Campaigns
- 2025AlwaysShakeRoller dancer and campaign collaborator
- 2021Bottega Veneta: Wardrobe 02Campaign model, photographed by Tyrone Lebon
- 2020smart: Your City. Your Energy.Roller dancer in the Electric Boogie campaign
Broadcast and podcasts
- 2025HYPED Zeitgeist #4: Leidenschaft und NeuanfängeGuest
- 2024BLACK VOICES: Oumi Janta übers Abheben vom Tempelhofer FeldGuest in the podcast’s first episode
- 2021Germany’s Next TopmodelRoller-skating trainer
Awards
Quotes
I really like to teach people a little bit of what I canOumi Janta, Cosmopolitan
In an October 2020 interview, Oumi talked about teaching beginners while continuing to learn as a skater.
Trivia
- Figure skater Surya Bonaly was an early inspiration, as Oumi explained in the 2026 taz interview.
- In a 2021 Vogue interview, Oumi named Daft Punk and Sister Sledge as playlist favourites.
- Oumi told Vogue that skating through Berlin at night with light-up wheels was a favourite pastime.
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