Christine Nesbitt

Christine Nesbitt

Personal information
Born	(1985-05-17) 17 May 1985 (age 31) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver 1000 m 2006 Turin Team pursuit World Allround Championships 2011 Calgary Allround 2012 Moskow Allround World Sprint Championships 2011 Heerenveen Sprint 2012 Calgary Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2009 Vancouver 1000 m 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit 2011 Inzell 1000 m 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m 2012 Heerenveen 1500 m 2008 Nagano Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2013 Sochi 1500 m 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m 2009 Vancouver 1500 m

Christine Nesbitt (born 17 May 1985) is a retired Canadian long track speed skater who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. 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 June 4, 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.

Nesbitt was born to a Canadian father and an Australian mother in Melbourne, Australia. As a youth Nesbitt took an interest in track events, cross-country competitions, and ice hockey while attending Jeanne Sauvé Primary School in London, Ontario. Nesbitt played competitive hockey with the London Devilettes until switching to short track speed skating at age 12. Nesbitt continued her interests in running and speed skating while at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, where she graduated as an Ontario scholar. She entered University of Calgary in the autumn of 2003 as an engineering student.

While a short track competitor Nesbitt was nationally ranked and was the top ranked short track junior in Ontario setting numerous provincial records, some of which still stand. In 1999, at age 13, she won a silver medal with the Ontario short track 3000 metres relay team in the Canada Winter Games, and also won a bronze in the same event in the 2003 Canada Winter Games.

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