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Elite (video game)

Elite (1984) is a space trading and combat game by Ian Bell and David Braben for the BBC Micro, published by Acornsoft; wireframe 3D, procedural eight-galaxy universe, Cobra MkIII, ranks up to Elite, sequels to Elite Dangerous.

Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous (2014) is Frontier Developments' fourth Elite-series space sim, simulating a 1:1 Milky Way of 400 billion star systems via its Stellar Forge procedural engine, with a Thargoid War narrative, Odyssey on-foot expansion, and 2025 System Colonisation.

Elite Ice Hockey League

Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), Motorpoint Elite Ice Hockey League, UK top-tier professional ice hockey founded 2003 with 10 teams playing 54 games; record 1,321,128 attendance in 2025/26.

Elite League (speedway)

Elite League (speedway): top division of British league speedway until 2016, also called Elite League. Play-off champions from 2002 included Poole (five titles) and Wolverhampton; replaced in 2017 by the SGB Premiership.

Elite wheelchair tennis seasons and match records

Elite wheelchair tennis seasons are the year-by-year competitive records of top players on the ITF wheelchair tour, whose 2017 Wheelchair World Champions were Yui Kamiji, Gustavo Fernandez, and David Wagner.

Eliteserien

Eliteserien, also known as the Norwegian Premier League or Tippeligaen, is the top men's football division in Norway, contested by 16 clubs over 30 matches since 2017.

Elitloppet

Elitloppet, the Elite Race, is Sweden's premier Group 1 harness race for trotters, run over 1,609 m at Solvalla, Stockholm, on the last Sunday in May since 1952; 16 invited horses, two heats plus final, first prize five million kronor, Allegiant's world record 1.07.1 in 2026.

Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge (born 1984), Kenyan marathon runner, two-time Olympic champion, world records 2:01:39 (2018) and 2:01:09 (2022), first under two hours unofficially (1:59:40, Vienna 2019), ten straight marathon wins 2014-2019.

Eliza Pollock

Eliza Pollock (Lida Peyton Pollock, 1840-1919), American archer of the Cincinnati Archers; 1904 Olympic gold in women's team recurve and two bronzes; oldest female Olympic gold medallist at 63 years 333 days.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva

Elizabet Tursynbaeva, born in Moscow in 2000, is a Kazakh figure skater who in 2019 became the first woman to land a clean quadruple Salchow at Worlds, taking silver.

Elizabeth Bonner

Elizabeth (Beth) Bonner, American marathon runner (1952-1998), first woman under three hours with 2:55:22 at the 1971 New York City Marathon; also set a 3:01:42 world best in Philadelphia that year.

Elizabeth Stine

Elizabeth Stine (1905-1993), American track and field athlete from Hackensack, New Jersey; high jumper and long jumper who set the first unofficial women's triple jump world record, 10.32 m, in 1922 and a 1.48 m high jump world record in 1923.

Elizabeth Swaney

Elizabeth Marian "Liz" Swaney is an American freestyle skier who competed for Hungary in the women's ski halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing 24th and last.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, "Capoeira", Brazilian UFC welterweight from Francisco Beltrão, Paraná; capoeira-based striker, CM System team, 25-10-1 record, Jungle Fight champion, No. 4 longest UFC welterweight win streak.

Eljero Elia

Eljero Elia, Dutch left winger born 1987 in Voorburg; 30 Netherlands caps, 2010 World Cup finalist, Serie A 2011/12 with Juventus and Eredivisie 2016/17 with Feyenoord; clubs included HSV, Werder Bremen, and Başakşehir.

Elka de Levie

Elka de Levie (1905-1979), Dutch Jewish gymnast with Amsterdam club BATO; won 1928 Olympic team gold in the first women's gymnastics event, and was the only Jewish member of the Dutch team to survive the Holocaust.

Elkan Baggott

Elkan William Tio Baggott (born 2002, Bangkok) is an Indonesian centre-back, Ipswich Town academy graduate, ex-loanee at King's Lynn, Gillingham, Cheltenham, Bristol Rovers and Blackpool, now at Millwall, with 26 Indonesia caps.

Elke Barth

Elke Barth (Schmitz), born 1956 in Stolberg, West German 400 m sprinter; 1976 Olympic 4×400 m relay fifth, 1975 4×440 yd relay world record, 1975 European indoor relay silver.

Elke Sehmisch

Elke Sehmisch (born 1955, Leipzig) is an East German former freestyle swimmer of SC DHfK Leipzig; 1970 European champion in the 400 m freestyle and 4x100 m relay, 1972 Munich Olympic relay silver medalist, later a Leipzig psychotherapist.

Elkeson

Elkeson (Ai Kesen, 艾克森), born 1989, is a Brazilian-born centre-forward, CSL all-time leading foreign scorer, Guangzhou/Shanghai SIPG star, naturalized Chinese international (19 caps, 4 goals), retired 9 April 2025.

Ella Gibson

Ella Gibson, British compound archer, world number one since July 2022, World Games 2022 and 2024 European champion, holds the 50m world record of 718.

Ella Lloyd

Ella Lloyd (born 2005, Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh racing driver in F1 Academy with Rodin Motorsport, backed by McLaren's Driver Development Programme; former showjumper and skier, 2025 top rookie with a Jeddah win.

Ella Shelton

Ella Shelton (born 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey defender, Olympic gold (Beijing 2022) and silver (Milano Cortina 2026) medallist, five-time IIHF Worlds medallist, and scorer of the first goal in PWHL history, now with the Toronto Sceptres.

Ella Stevens (racing driver)

Ella Stevens (born 2006) is a British racing driver, 2025 British KZ2 karting Vice-Champion and the only woman to win in the UK's premier karting class, now racing in 2026 F1 Academy for McLaren Oxagon with Rodin Motorsport.

Ella Toone

Ella Toone (born 1999) is an English attacking midfielder for Manchester United and England, Euro 2022 and Euro 2025 winner, scorer of the opener in the Euro 2022 final, and United's all-time leading scorer.

Ella-Mae Rayner

Ella-Mae Rayner (born 1995), known as Comet, is an English fitness influencer, personal trainer, and model on the BBC's Gladiators revival; former gymnast, national-title diver, and cheerleading coach.

Elland Road

Elland Road, Leeds United's home stadium since 1919, opened 1897 as the Old Peacock Ground; record crowd 57,892 (1967); approved January 2026 expansion to 53,000 seats with wider 30-acre regeneration.

Elle Logan

Elle Logan (Eleanor Logan, born 1987) is an American rower from Boothbay Harbor, Maine, who won Olympic gold in the women's eight at Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016, the first US female rower with three Olympic golds.

Ellen Åkesson

Ellen B. Åkesson (Ellen Viking), born 1999, Swedish arm wrestler, powerlifter, strongwoman and streetlifter; 2025 IFA world arm wrestling champion (both hands, 70 kg); signed by WWE in March 2026 and released that September without an official match.

Ellen Braumuller

Ellen Braumüller (1910–1991), German track and field athlete of OSC Berlin; 1932 Olympic javelin silver (43.49 m) behind Babe Didrikson, three javelin world records 1930–32, 1930 Women's World Games triathlon gold, six German titles.