Elena Lilik

Elena Lilik is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2014.
She is an Olympic silver medalist and world champion in the C1 event.

Career

Lilik won a silver medal in the Canoeing at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom C-1|C1 event] at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She also finished 4th in the kayak cross at the same games.
She won eight medals at the ICF [Canoe Slalom World Championships] with two golds, five silvers and one bronze.
Lilik has won seven medals 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|2023 European Games] in Kraków.
She also achieved success in her junior career, winning a silver medal in the K1 event 2015 [World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships|2015 Junior World Championships] in Foz do Iguaçu.

Lilik is from Weimar, Germany but resides in Augsburg, home of the Augsburg Eiskanal.
Her younger sister Emily Apel is also a slalom canoeist and her father Thomas Apel is a coach of the German national team.