Alena Marx
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| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | C1, K1, Kayak cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alena Marx (born 21 December 2000) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2016.[1]
Career
Marx won gold medal in the inaugural edition of kayak cross individual at the 2025 World Championships in Penrith.
Marx represented Switzerland at two Olympic Games. She finised in 16th place in the C1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after being eliminated in the semifinal.[2] She also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 8th in the C1 event, 19th in the K1 event and 6th in kayak cross.
She won two gold medals at the 2024 European Championships in Tacen.
Personal life
Her brother Dimitri Marx also competes in canoe slalom[3] and is a two-time U23 world champion in kayak cross.
References
- ^ "Alena MARX (SUI)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "On your Marx - Alena gets late Olympic call-up". ICF - Planet Canoe. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Canoe Slalom MARX Alena - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
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