Elise Christie

Elise Christie
Personal information
Born (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990
Livingston, Scotland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportShort track speed skating
ClubForth Valley
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 42.335
1000 m: 1:28.723
1500 m: 2:18.696
3000 m: 5:05.419
Medal record
World Championships
2017 Rotterdam Overall
2017 Rotterdam 1000 m
2017 Rotterdam 1500 m
2014 Montreal 500 m
2015 Moscow 500 m
2015 Moscow 1000 m
2016 Seoul 1000 m
2013 Debrecen 1000 m
2016 Seoul Overall
2016 Seoul 1500 m
2016 Seoul 3000 m
2017 Rotterdam 3000 m
European Championships
2013 Malmo 1500 m
2013 Malmo 1000 m
2014 Dresden 1500 m
2015 Dordrecht Overall
2015 Dordrecht 500 m
2015 Dordrecht 1500 m
2016 Sochi Overall
2016 Sochi 1500 m
2016 Sochi 1000 m
2016 Sochi 500 m
2010 Dresden 1500 m
2010 Dresden 3000 m
2013 Malmo Overall
2014 Dresden Overall
2014 Dresden Relay
2015 Dordrecht 3000 m
2019 Dordrecht 1500 m
2010 Dresden Overall

Elise Christie (born 13 August 1990) is a British former short track speed skater. She was coached by Nicky Gooch and she specialised in the 1000m event. She is ten times a European gold medallist, including two overall European titles in 2015 and 2016. In the 2017 World Championships in Rotterdam she won world titles in the 1000m and 1500m events, along with the overall gold, marking her as the first British woman and first European woman to achieve such a feat.

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