Elena Kalinina

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Elena Kalinina
Born (1997-07-20) July 20, 1997 (age 27)
NationalityRussian
Known forkitesurfing

Elena Kalinina (born 20 July 1997) is a Russian World champion at Formula Kite where competitors use kites to propel small hydrofoils. Kalinina first became a World Champion in 2014 when she was seventeen.

Life

Kalinina was born in 1997 and she is a Russian sailor from St Petersburg.

She competed in China in 2013 where she came third. The British kiteboarder Steph Bridge was second and the world title was taken by the reigning champion Californian Erika Heineken [1] [2]

In 2014, course-racing kiteboarding was included in the ISAF World Sailing World Cup program. In November 2014, 20 athletes attended the final competition in Abu Dhabi.[ citation needed ] The first place among women was taken by 17 year-old Kalinina, while the men's champion was the British surfer Oliver Bridge. Kalinina just beat the Polish kitesurfer Agnieszka Grzymska, and her fellow Russian, Tatiana Sysoeva, took the bronze medal. [3]

Sixteen year-old Daniela Moroz competed closely with the 18 year old Kalinina at Weifang Binhai in the IKA Formula Kite World Championship in China. Kalinina had dominated on day five but she lost her lead on the sixth and last day in light winds. [4] Moroz won with Kalinina in second place. The leading British player Steph Bridge took third place. [5]

The 2018 Sailing World Championships was held in Denmark and Kalinina again competed at Formula Kite. She was second to the American Moroz. [6] In 2019, Kalinina again took second place to Daniela Moroz at that years World Formula Kite Championships. [7] In the 2019 World Beach Games she gained a bronze medal. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Slade, Michelle (2013-12-15). "Sailing in Marin: Kiteboarder Heineken claims second in row world title in China". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. ↑ "2013 Kiteboard crown goes to Erika Heineken >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News: Providing sailing news for sailors". Scuttlebutt Sailing News: Providing sailing news for sailors. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  3. ↑ "World Sailing - Bridge And Kalinina Crowned 2014 Formula Kite European Champions". World Sailing. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Moroz and Kalinina Tied After Russian Rider Turns Tables in Light Breezes - International Kiteboarding Association". www.kiteclasses.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  5. ↑ "IKA FORMULA KITE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHINA". The Kite Mag. 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sailing Worlds Aarhus: Dutch prosper from Austrian FX capsize - Day 10". www.yachtsandyachting.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  7. ↑ Kalinina, Kseniya (6 May 2019). "Elena Kalinina - silver medalist of the world championship in kiteboarding". ITBoat.com. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "AWBG 2019". BORNAN. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
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