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Elena Kaliská

1972 - Today

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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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Elena Kaliská is the 3,107th most popular athlete (down from 3,101st in 2024), the 306th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 297th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Elena Kaliská ranks 764. Before her are Avijit Roy, György Kolonics, Stéphane Risacher, Olivia Bonamy, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, and Sergei Gurenko. After her are Florian Gallenberger, Tetsu Inada, Fernando Echávarri, Maggie O'Farrell, Margarita Fullana, and Ryan Robbins.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Elena Kaliská ranks 306 out of 418. Before her are Kornel Saláta (1985), Tomáš Hubočan (1985), Richard Sulík (1968), Pavol Hochschorner (1979), Martin Jakubko (1980), and Martina Suchá (1980). After her are Erik Jendrišek (1986), Ján Kozák (1980), Marek Sapara (1982), Martin Dúbravka (1989), Ivan Schranz (1993), and Pavol Hurajt (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, Elena Kaliská ranks 13. Before her are Béla Szepes (1903), Imrich Bugár (1955), Jozef Pribilinec (1960), Dušan Pašek (1960), Michal Martikán (1979), and Pavol Hochschorner (1979). After her are Pavol Hurajt (1978), Peter Hochschorner (1979), Danka Barteková (1984), Matej Tóth (1983), Slavomír Kňazovický (1969), and Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková (1984).

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