Elena Kaliská

Elena Kaliská (born 19 January 1972)[1] is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2019. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in 2004 and 2008.

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
Event(s)K1
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
Silver medal – second place1990 TavanasaK1 team
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensK1
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingK1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 PenrithK1
Gold medal – first place2011 BratislavaK1 team
Silver medal – second place2007 Foz do IguaçuK1
Silver medal – second place2009 La Seu d'UrgellK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2014 Deep Creek LakeK1 team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 Roudnice nad LabemK1
Gold medal – first place2000 MezzanaK1 team
Gold medal – first place2002 BratislavaK1
Gold medal – first place2004 SkopjeK1
Gold medal – first place2005 TacenK1 team
Gold medal – first place2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeK1
Gold medal – first place2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeK1 team
Gold medal – first place2009 NottinghamK1
Silver medal – second place2002 BratislavaK1 team
Silver medal – second place2007 Liptovský MikulášK1 team
Silver medal – second place2008 KrakówK1 team
Silver medal – second place2009 NottinghamK1 team
Bronze medal – third place1996 AugsburgK1
Bronze medal – third place2011 La Seu d'UrgellK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2012 AugsburgK1 team
Bronze medal – third place2016 Liptovský MikulášK1 team

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).[2]

She has won the overall World Cup title 6 times (2000-2001, 2003–2006), which is a record among women.[2]

At the European Championships she won a total of 16 medals (8 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes).[2]

In 2021, she won a gold medal in K1 at inaugural ICF Masters Canoe Slalom World Championship in Kraków.[3][4]

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.[5][6]

World Cup individual podiums
Season Date Venue Position Event
199625 Aug 1996Prague3rdK1
29 Sep 1996Três Coroas3rdK1
199814 Jun 1998Liptovský Mikuláš1stK1
21 Jun 1998Tacen3rdK1
13 Sep 1998La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
199920 Jun 1999Tacen2ndK1
15 Aug 1999Bratislava3rdK1
200030 Apr 2000Penrith2ndK1
9 Jul 2000La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
30 Jul 2000Augsburg1stK1
20013 Jun 2001Merano1stK1
5 Aug 2001Prague3rdK1
9 Sep 2001Wausau1stK1
200221 Jul 2002Augsburg2ndK1
14 Sep 2002Tibagi3rdK1
200313 Jul 2003Tacen3rdK1
31 Jul 2003Bratislava2ndK1
3 Aug 2003Bratislava2ndK1
200423 Apr 2004Athens1stK1
30 May 2004Merano1stK1
11 Jul 2004Prague1stK1
25 Jul 2004Bourg St.-Maurice1stK1
200524 Jul 2005La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
1 Oct 2005Penrith1stK11
20064 Jun 2006Augsburg1stK1
11 Jun 2006La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
2 Jul 2006L'Argentière-la-Bessée1stK12
200816 Mar 2008Penrith1stK13
20095 Jul 2009Bratislava1stK1
201027 Jun 2010La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
201114 Aug 2011Prague1stK1
201323 Jun 2013Cardiff2ndK1
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
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Kaliská". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. "Elena KALISKA". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. "Kaliská prišla, videla a zvíťazila, šampióni Daník aj Simon". Canoe.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. "Live results 2021 ICF MASTERS CANOE SLALOM - KRAKOW (POLAND)".
  5. "Čas rozlúčiť sa. Elena Kaliská končí kariéru". Canoe.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. prekop (25 September 2021). "Čas rozlúčiť sa. Elena Kaliská končí kariéru". Majstrovstvá sveta v kanoistike na divokej vode 2021 (in Slovak). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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