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 RotterdamOverall
2017 Rotterdam1000 m
2017 Rotterdam1500 m
2014 Montreal500 m
2015 Moscow500 m
2015 Moscow1000 m
2016 Seoul1000 m
2013 Debrecen1000 m
2016 SeoulOverall
2016 Seoul1500 m
2016 Seoul3000 m
2017 Rotterdam3000 m
European Championships
2013 Malmo1500 m
2013 Malmo1000 m
2014 Dresden1500 m
2015 DordrechtOverall
2015 Dordrecht500 m
2015 Dordrecht1500 m
2016 SochiOverall
2016 Sochi1500 m
2016 Sochi1000 m
2016 Sochi500 m
2010 Dresden1500 m
2010 Dresden3000 m
2013 MalmoOverall
2014 DresdenOverall
2014 DresdenRelay
2015 Dordrecht3000 m
2019 Dordrecht1500 m
2010 DresdenOverall

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.