Christine Nesbitt

Christine Nesbitt
Personal information
Born (1985-05-17) 17 May 1985 (age 39)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
WebsiteChristineNesbitt.net
Sport
Country Canada
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Team pursuit
World Allround Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Calgary Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Moscow Allround
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2012 Calgary Sprint
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vancouver 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2011 Inzell 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Inzell Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Heerenveen 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nagano Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sochi 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vancouver 1500 m

Christine Nesbitt OLY OOnt[1] (born 17 May 1985) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.[3] She is also the 2011 sprint champion, 2012 1500 metres world champion, three-time world champion for 1000 metres (2009, 2011, 2012), and three-time world champion for team pursuit (2007, 2009, 2011). On 4 June 2015 she announced her retirement.

Nesbitt previously held the world record for 1000 metres, with a time of 1:12:68 recorded in Calgary on 28 January 2012. The time is still the current Canadian record.[4]

  1. ^ "OLY Canada Commission created to empower Team Canada Olympians". Canadian Olympic Committee. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Canada's Winter Games Medals". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Decade Ago was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "National Records – Canada (CAN)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 28 December 2013.