Jana Ackermann (born March 1, 1989, in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union), known as Jana Azizi, is a German television presenter.[1][2]

Life and career

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Azizi came to Germany from Ukraine in 1992 with her parents and older sister; she has Afghan roots.[3] Azizi grew up in Mainz, where she graduated from high school in 2008.[2] This was followed by vocational training as a marketing communications clerk in a Düsseldorf advertising agency until 2011. From 2011 to 2016 she completed a bachelor's degree in business administration at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences.[4] During her studies she worked for the SWR in the sports department and also worked for them as a reporter.[4] From 2016, she attended a moderator school. From March 2017 to January 2020, she moderated Sky Sport News, where she also worked in the editorial team. She also works as a plus-size model.[5]

Azizi's move to RTL was announced in January 2020.[6] There she occasionally moderated the sports news on RTL aktuell from March 2020 to 2021. In the same year, she moderated the former RTL morning magazine Guten Morgen Deutschland as a substitute and from 2020 to 2021 the RTL lunchtime journal Punkt 12.[7]

In October 2020, Azizi succeeded Jennifer Knäble as presenter of the n-tv program Deluxe and has been presenting Extra – Das RTL-Magazin since January 2021.[8] Since July 2021 she has been the main presenter of Explosiv - Das Magazin alongside Elena Bruhn and since August 2021 the presenter of the offshoot Explosiv Stories.

Personal life

Azizi trained as a yoga teacher in India in 2019 and has been leading yoga classes in Split, Croatia, since 2022.[9]

She was in a relationship with the soccer coach Martin Schmidt until 2016.[10] From August 2020 to August 2021, she was in a relationship with tennis player Andreas Mies.[11] Since September 2021 she has been in a relationship with the triathlete Johann Ackermann, whom she married in September 2023.[12][13] Azizi has been living in Cologne since March 2020.

On September 25, 2022, Azizi competed in the IRONMAN 70.3 COZUMEL in Cozumel, Mexico, and finished the race in a total time of 6:17:22 h.[14]

Television appearances

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Current moderations

Former moderations

Guest appearances

References

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  1. ^ "Alle Infos & News zu Jana Azizi". rtl.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. ^ a b "Jana Azizi" (PDF). Agentur Rita Reinkens. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  3. ^ "Jana Azizi Herkunft Eltern : Jana Azizi【 Wikipedia 】Herkunft, Eltern, Verheiratet, Freund, Geboren". German Talks. 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  4. ^ a b "JANA AZIZI – Rita Reinkens". 2023-03-26. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  5. ^ "Skymoderatorin Jana Azizi – Lifestyle – Bild.de". 2022-10-03. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  6. ^ GmbH, DWDL de. "Jana Azizi wechselt von Sky Sport News zu RTL". DWDL.de. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  7. ^ "Jana Azizi wird zum ersten Mal "Guten Morgen Deutschland" moderieren". 2022-10-06. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  8. ^ "Nazan Eckes: Moderatorin nimmt Auszeit wegen an Alzheimer erkrankten Vater". bild.de (in German). 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  9. ^ "www.yogaandjana.com – Impressum". www.yogaandjana.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  10. ^ "Ex-Freundin von Bundesliga-Coach wird Sky-Moderatorin". www.hna.de (in German). 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  11. ^ "Sport-Star und RTL-Moderatorin ein Paar: Dieses Foto sagt alles – Doch eines bleibt geheim". www.rotenburger-rundschau.de (in German). 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  12. ^ "Jana Azizi liebt Triathlet: RTL-Moderatorin extrem verliebt nach Extrem-Challenge". bild.de (in German). 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  13. ^ ""So komisch": RTL-Moderatorin Jana Azizi hat geheiratet". www.t-online.de (in German). 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  14. ^ "IRONMAN 70.3 Cozumel | Anything Is Possible". Ironman. Retrieved 2023-10-03.