title: Elena Rigas
text: # Elena Rigas
  
  Elena Møller Rigas, born 29 January 1996 in Albertslund is a Danish inline and speed skater. She was selected as flag-bearer for Denmark at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics. She participated in the women's mass start.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Rigas started out as a roller skater in the Kongens Enghave district of Copenhagen in 2000. The following year she joined Vesterbro Rulleskøjteklub but moved to Vallensbæk Rulleskøjteklub in 2005. She participated three times in the European roller skating championships before taking up ice skating. At the 2015 Junior European Roller Skating Championships in Wörgl, Austria, she won three gold, a silver and a bronze medal.
  
  ## Personal records
  
  Rigas has achieved the following personal records in speed skating:
  
  | Distance | Time | Date | Location |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 meter | 41.80 | 30 September 2016 | Inzell |
  | 1000 meters | 1:21.71 | 21 October 2016 | Inzell |
  | 1500 meters | 2:02.48 | 9 December 2017 | Salt Lake City |
  | 3000 meters | 4:11.69 | 1 December 2017 | Calgary |
  