Elena Kaliska ( Slovak. Elena Kaliská , born , ) is a Slovak slalom canoist . Participant of the four Olympic Games . Two-time Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008 in canoeing alone. Multiple world and European champion.
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| Kayaking and Canoeing (Women) | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | Athens 2004 | Slalom, Canoe Single | |
| Gold | Beijing 2008 | Slalom, Canoe Single | |
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Biography
Elena Kaliska was born on January 19, 1972 in the Czechoslovak Zvolen . Elena's hobbies are tennis and music [1] .
In 2007, Elena graduated from Matej Bela University in Banska Bystrica with a master ’s degree [2] .
Career
Elena Kaliska started rowing at the age of seven at a club from Zvolen. Then she began to perform in the club of the city of Liptovsky Mikulas [1] .
Since 2015, her personal trainer is Peter Chibak , she was also assisted by Robert Okorotsky [1] , Olga Leysalova, Vlasta Patochkova, Lyubosh Gertl, Jan Stahera and Jan Prachar [2] .
Elena Kaliska took fourth place at the World Junior Championships [2] . At the age of 17, she fell off a bicycle, after which she had to recover from her left arm injury [1] . Her first adult successes were the medals of the European Championships: bronze in 1996 in Germany and gold in 1998 in the Czech Republic [1] [2] . She participated in the 1996 Olympics , where she became the 19th [3] .
Kaliska gradually improved her results, taking already the fourth place at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney [4] . She reached the peak of her career by 2004, having won four World Cup races, the European Championship and the Athens Olympic Games [2] . In 2005, she won a gold medal at the World Championships in Australia, and in 2007 she became the second [2] .
A year later, at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Elena Kaliska became a two-time Olympic champion [1] [2] .
During her career, she won the European Championships seven times, winning a total of 13 medals [2] .
Rewards
On January 3, 2011 she was awarded the Order of Louis Stur Class I [1] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elena Kaliská (English) . ICF - Planet Canoe (August 5, 2016). Date of treatment April 24, 2019. Archived on April 16, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Elena Kaliska - K-1 women - Život Eleny Kaliskej (words) . elenakaliska.com. Date of treatment April 24, 2019. Archived on April 16, 2019.
- ↑ Canoeing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Kayak Singles, Slalom . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Date of treatment April 24, 2019. Archived May 20, 2011.
- ↑ Canoeing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Kayak Singles, Slalom . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Date of treatment April 24, 2019. Archived February 1, 2010.
- ↑ Rad Ľudovíta Štúra, I. trieda Rad Ľudovíta Štúra, I. trieda (words) . Date of treatment April 24, 2019. Archived March 19, 2012.