Elena Kaliská

Elena Kaliská

Elena Kaliská
Personal information
Nationality	Slovak
Born	(1972-01-19) 19 January 1972 Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovakia
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	K1
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing  Slovakia Olympic Games 2004 Athens K1 2008 Beijing K1 World Championships 2005 Penrith K1 2011 Bratislava K1 team 2007 Foz do Iguaçu K1 2009 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake K1 team European Championships 1998 Roudnice nad Labem K1 2000 Mezzana K1 team 2002 Bratislava K1 2004 Skopje K1 2005 Tacen K1 team 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée K1 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée K1 team 2009 Nottingham K1 2002 Bratislava K1 team 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team 2008 Kraków K1 team 2009 Nottingham K1 team 1996 Augsburg K1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team 2012 Augsburg K1 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team

Elena Kaliská (born 19 January 1972) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1980s. 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 among women.

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

World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

² European Championship counting for World Cup points

³ Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

References

• 12 September 2009 results of the women's K-1 team finals at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. - accessed 12 September 2009.
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• "Elena Kaliská". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. 

Awards
Preceded by Martina Moravcová	Sportsperson of Slovakia 2004	Succeeded by Dominik Hrbatý
Olympic Games
Preceded by Michal Martikán	Flagbearer for  Slovakia Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Jozef Gönci