Elena Kaliská

Elena Kaliská (born 19 January 1972) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2019. She specialized in the K1 event, which was the only discipline available for women during the vast majority of her career.

Elena Kaliská
Kaliská in 2011
Personal information
NationalitySlovak
Born (1972-01-19) 19 January 1972
Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Websitewww.elenakaliska.com
Sport
CountrySlovakia
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1
ClubKanoe Tatra Klub [KTK]: Liptovský Mikuláš
Retired2021
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 2 2 1
European Championships 8 4 4
Junior World Championships 0 1 0
Total 12 7 5
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Junior World Championships
1990 TavanasaK1 team
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
2004 AthensK1
2008 BeijingK1
World Championships
2005 PenrithK1
2011 BratislavaK1 team
2007 Foz do IguaçuK1
2009 La Seu d'UrgellK1 team
2014 Deep Creek LakeK1 team
European Championships
1998 Roudnice nad LabemK1
2000 MezzanaK1 team
2002 BratislavaK1
2004 SkopjeK1
2005 TacenK1 team
2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeK1
2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeK1 team
2009 NottinghamK1
2002 BratislavaK1 team
2007 Liptovský MikulášK1 team
2008 KrakówK1 team
2009 NottinghamK1 team
1996 AugsburgK1
2011 La Seu d'UrgellK1 team
2012 AugsburgK1 team
2016 Liptovský MikulášK1 team

Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in 2004 and 2008.

Kaliská also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2005, K1 team: 2011), two silvers (K1: 2007, K1 team: 2009) and a bronze (K1 team: 2014).

She has won the overall World Cup title 6 times (2000-2001, 2003–2006), which is a record the K1 discipline.

At the European Championships she won a total of 16 medals (8 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes).

In 2021, she won a gold medal in K1 at inaugural ICF Masters Canoe Slalom World Championship in Kraków.

She announced her retirement from the sport during the 2021 World Championships in Bratislava, where she performed demo runs. Kaliská began competing in canoe slalom as soon as 1979.

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