Elena Kaliská (born 19 January 1972) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2019. Competing in four

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, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in

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and

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. Kaliská also won five medals at the

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with two golds (K1:

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, K1 team:

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), two silvers (K1:

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, K1 team:

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) and a bronze (K1 team:

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). She has won the overall

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title 6 times (2000-2001, 2003–2006), which is a record among women. At the

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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

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, where she performed demo runs. Kaliská began competing in canoe slalom as soon as 1979.

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 K1 team finals at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
- accessed 12 September 2009. * *

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaliska, Elena 1972 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Slovakia Olympic gold medalists for Slovakia Slovak female canoeists People from Zvolen Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships