Elena Kelety

Elena Kelety (born 4 September 1999) is a German hurdler and former multi-event athlete.

Early and personal life From Frankfurt, she is a member of Frankfurt Athletics having started in the sport at the age of four years-old and previously also been a member of Königsteiner LV. She studied for a degree in biochemistry in Cologne before studying biomedical science at the University of South Carolina in the United States, and later also studied nutritional therapy. She competes in glasses having once lost a contact lens during a race.

Career Initially a multi-event athlete she competed in the heptathlon at the 2015 World Athletics Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia. She was a silver medalist in Grosseto, Italy as a member of the German women’s 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships.

Complications following a fractured arm from a pole vault fall led her to focus on 400 metres hurdles, and she placed third in the German U23 Championships in 2019. However, more injury problems resulted in foot surgery. In 2023, she began to coached by Robert Schieferer.

She finished fourth over 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League, running a personal best 54.79 seconds. She placed fourth in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June 2025.

She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 54.74 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals and running a new personal best of 54.61 seconds in the semi-final, without advancing to the final.