Elle started her career as a
ballet dancer,
handball player, and
track and field athlete before eventually settled on cycling. Elle raced for "SC Einheit Berlin" cycling club. At the
1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in
Leipzig she placed third in the
individual pursuit. In 1963, she won the GDR Road Bicycle Racing championship, after coming second in 1958; the following year, 1959, she was third. She won the GDR
track time trial championship in 1960, 1961 and 1964, and placed second in 1962 and 1963. In 1960, she also won the
sprint. ==Personal life==