Elise Christie

Elise Christie
Personal information
Born (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990
Livingston, Scotland
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb; 8.5 st)
Website http://www.elisechristie.co.uk
Sport
Country  United Kingdom
Sport Speed skating
Club Forth Valley
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 500 m: 43.328
1000 m: 1:28.723
1500 m: 2:18.696
3000 m: 5:05.419
Medal record
World Championships
2014 Montreal 500 m
2015 Moscow 500 m
2015 Moscow 1000 m
2013 Debrecen 1000 m
European Championships
2016 Sochi Overall
2016 Sochi 1500 m
2016 Sochi 1000 m
2016 Sochi 500 m
2015 Dordrecht Overall
2015 Dordrecht 500 m
2015 Dordrecht 1500 m
2014 Dresden 1500 m
2013 Malmo 1500 m
2013 Malmo 1000 m
2015 Dordrecht 3000 m
2014 Dresden Overall
2014 Dresden Relay
2013 Malmo Overall
2010 Dresden 1500 m
2010 Dresden 3000 m
2010 Dresden Overall

Elise Christie (born 13 August 1990) is a short track speed skater representing Great Britain, and is coached by Nicky Gooch. She specialises in the 1000m event.[1]

Personal life

Christie was born in Scotland in 1990. When she was 15 she moved to Nottingham to train full-time.[2] She is in a relationship with fellow British short track speed skater Jack Whelbourne and has two pet cats called Lilly and Tuts [3] Christie studies Sport Science at Loughborough College and trains three times a day. She was named Nottingham Sportswoman of the Year in 2013.

Sporting career

Christie had the most successful season for any British female short track speed skater ever in the 2012/13 season.

European Championships

At the 2010 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dresden, Germany, Christie won a silver medal in the 1500m and 3000m, and took the overall bronze medal.

At the 2013 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Malmö, Sweden, Christie won the 1500m[4] and 1000m. She retained her 1000m title in 2014 in Dresden.[5]

At the 2014 European Championships in Dresden, Christie took the gold in the 1000m event, as well as a silver as part of the British team in the 3000m relay, and narrowly missed out on a medal in the 1500m where she finished fourth. As a result, she took the overall silver behind gold medallist Jorien ter Mors.[6]

At the 2015 European Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands Christie claimed her first overall European title after winning gold in the 500m and 1500m and finishing second in the 3000m super final.[7]

At the 2016 European Championships in Sochi, Russia, Christie retained her overall European title after winning gold in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m events.[8]

World Championships

At the 2013 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Christie won a bronze medal in 1000m.[9] In addition Christie was the 1000 metres champion[10] for the 2012–13 World Cup season.

At the 2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada, Christie won a silver medal in 500m and came 4th overall.

At the 2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, Russia, Christie took two silvers in the 500m and 1000m, becoming the first British skater to win two medals at a World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[11]

Olympic Games

Christie competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada finishing 11th in the 500m, 19th in the 1000m and 20th in the 1500m.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Christie entered the 500m, 1000m and 1500m events with high hopes of a medal. She reached the A final of the 500m but was disqualified after colliding with Italian skater Arianna Fontana, thus finishing eighth after being ranked below the B Finalists.[12] She then competed in the 1500m event two days later, where she was disqualified in the heats for not crossing the finishing line, reportedly only 1 cm off the permitted leeway.[13][14] Christie qualified for the quarter-finals by comfortably winning her heat in the 1000m event, and then won her quarter final.[15] In the semi-final Christie was penalised for the third time after colliding with China's Jianrou Li on the final turn of the race.[16]

During the 2014 Winter Olympics, Christie was being harassed on Twitter by South-Koreans after being accused of causing Park Seung-Hi to crash during the 500m final. This led to calls from the BOA to improve the policing of comments made on athletes' Twitter and Facebook accounts and for Christie to close her Twitter account.[17] [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Elise Christie; Team GB". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Anna (16 January 2013). "Elise Christie on course for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics medal". BBC News.
  3. ↑ "Elise Christie - Team GB".
  4. ↑ "Elise Christie wins 1500m European Championship gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Elise Christie wins European short-track gold". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "ISU European Short Track Championships: Elise Christie wins 1000m gold in Dresden". skysports.com. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Elise Christie wins European Championship title". bbc.co.uk. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Elise Christie wins European short-track speed skating title". bbc.co.uk. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Elise Christie wins historic world short-track bronze". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "ISU European Short Track Championships: Elise Christie wins 1000m gold in Dresden". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Elise Christie wins two silver medals at world championships". bbc.co.uk. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Williams, Ollie (13 February 2014). "Sochi 2014: GB's Elise Christie loses Olympic silver after penalty". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Thompson, Anna (15 February 2014). "Sochi 2014: Elise Christie out of 1500m after penalty". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Elise Christie suffers second disqualification heartbreak at Sochi". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Sochi 2014: Elise Christie wins short track 1,000m heat". BBC Sport (BBC). 20 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Winter Olympics: Elise Christie and Jon Eley exit Olympics in semi-finals". Nottingham Post (Local World). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  17. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/feb/15/elise-christie-speed-skating-winter-olympics-cyber-bullying
  18. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/10641558/Winter-Olympics-2014-Team-GB-short-track-speed-skater-Elise-Christie-subject-to-internet-threats-after-collision.html
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