Elena Lilik Explained

Elena Lilik
Nationality:German
Birth Date:14 September 1998[1]
Birth Place:Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
Height:1.65 m
Weight:53 kg
Country:Germany
Sport:Canoe slalom
Event:C1, K1, Kayak cross
Coach:Sören Kaufmann[2]
Club:Kanu Schwaben Augsburg[3]
Show-Medals:no

Elena Lilik (née Apel, born 14 September 1998) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2014.[4] She is from Weimar, Germany but resides in Augsburg, home of the Augsburg Eiskanal.[2]

She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C1: 2021, K1 team: 2022), three silvers (K1: 2021, Kayak cross: 2021, C1 team: 2022) and one bronze (K1: 2022).

Lilik has won seven medals (1–2–4) at the European Championships including two silver medals in the C1 team and K1 team events at the 2019 European Championships in Pau, France, two bronze medals in the C1 event in 2018 and 2021 and a gold and two bronze medals at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.

She also achieved success in her junior career, winning a silver medal in the K1 event 2015 Junior World Championships in Foz do Iguaçu.

Her sister Emily Apel is also a slalom canoeist[5] and her father Thomas Apel is a coach of the German national team.[6]

Results

World Cup individual podiums

Total
C1 1 1 3 5
K1 1 1 2 4
Kayak cross 1 1 0 2
Total 3 3 5 11
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2021 19 June 2021 3rd K1
12 September 2021 3rd C1
2022 11 June 2022 bgcolor=silver2nd K1
12 June 2022 bgcolor=silver2nd C1
26 June 2022 3rd C1
4 September 2022 bgcolor=silver2nd Kayak cross
2023 2 June 2023 bgcolor=gold1st K1
3 June 2023 3rd C1
16 June 2023 bgcolor=gold1st C1
17 June 2023 3rd K1
3 September 2023 bgcolor=gold1st Kayak cross

Complete World Cup results

YearClassWC1WC2WC3WC4WC5PointsPosition
2014C1Lee Valley
 
Tacen
 
Prague
 
La Seu
 
Augsburg
12
4227th
2017C1Prague
18
Augsburg
42
Markkleeberg
 
Ivrea
 
La Seu
 
2745th
2018C1Liptovský Mikuláš
48
style=vertical-align:top rowspan=3Kraków
 
Augsburg
5
style=vertical-align:top rowspan=3Tacen
 
La Seu
54
4835th
K139  288th
C2Mx 44516th
2019C1Lee Valley
21
Bratislava
29
style=vertical-align:top rowspan=2Tacen
 
Markkleeberg
28
style=vertical-align:top rowspan=2Prague
 
3844th
K11241146231st
2021C1Prague
9
Markkleeberg
10
La Seu
24
Pau
3
 1873rd
K1736141904th

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elena Apel . teamdeutschland.de . de . 26 May 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204348/https://www.teamdeutschland.de/athleten/details/elena-apel . live .
  2. Web site: Elena Apel . kanu.de . de . 24 June 2021 . 9 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509165452/https://www.kanu.de/Athleten-52757.html .
  3. Web site: Elena APEL . canoeicf.com . 21 September 2019 . 24 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203219/https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/elena-apel .
  4. Web site: Elena APEL (GER) - Categories: K1 C2 C1 . canoeslalom.net . 24 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211147/https://canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_13050a .
  5. Web site: Emily APEL (GER) - Category: K1 . canoeslalom.net . 24 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211556/https://canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_13844a . live .
  6. Web site: Thomas Apel . sportscene.tv . 24 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211421/http://www.archive.sportscene.tv/whitewater/canoe-slalom/athletes-coaches/thomas-apel . live .