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Christine Nesbitt

Full name: Christine Nesbitt
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7" (171 cm)
Weight: 161 lbs (73 kg)
Born: May 17, 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Affiliations: London Speed Skating Club, London (CAN)
Country: CAN Canada
Sport: Speed Skating

Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver (2 Total)

Biography

Taking a deep interest in athletics since primary school, Christine Nesbitt participated in track and field, cross country and ice hockey from an early age, the latter of which received most of her attention until she turned 12, at which time her focus shifted to short track speed skating. At the age of 13 she won a silver medal in the 3000m relay team event at the Canada Winter Olympics and set many provincial records as a junior over the next four years, a tenure that she capped off by winning bronze in the same event in 2003.

It was that year that Nesbitt began attending the University of Calgary for engineering and training for long track speed skating. In 2005 she joined the Canadian National Team in the sport, earned the “Rising Star Award” and, during the 2005-2006 season, took bronze and two silvers in World Cup events. During the 2006-2007, her career in the sport accelerated and, by the end of the 2008-2009 season, she had acquired ten more bronze, seventeen more silver and five gold medals at World Cup events, as well as five gold, two silver and four bronze medals at World Championship events. In addition, she took silver at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the team pursuit event (an event in which she has been a two-time World Champion), making her the first Australian-born speed skating medalist. In early 2009, she injured her head in a training accident and missed the 1,500m event at the World Single Distance Championships, but was quickly back on the ice and claiming gold in the 1,000m event.

Results

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
2006 Winter 20 Torino Speed Skating Women's 1,000 metres Canada CAN 14
2006 Winter 20 Torino Speed Skating Women's 1,500 metres Canada CAN 7
2006 Winter 20 Torino Speed Skating Women's Team Pursuit (6 laps) Canada CAN 2 Silver
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Women's 500 metres Canada CAN 10
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Women's 1,000 metres Canada CAN 1 Gold
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Women's 1,500 metres Canada CAN 6
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Women's Team Pursuit (6 laps) Canada CAN 5

Women's 500 metres

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T 100m
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada Final Standings 10 77.575
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada Race 1 13 38.881 10.86
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada Race 2 8 38.694 10.77

Women's 1,000 metres

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T 200m 600m
2006 Winter 20 Torino Speed Skating Canada Final Standings 14 1:17.54 18.95 47.45
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada Final Standings 1 1:16.56 18.36 46.47

Women's 1,500 metres

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T 300m 700m 1100m
2006 Winter 20 Torino Speed Skating Canada Final Standings 7 1:59.15 26.27 55.62 1:26.50
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada Final Standings 6 1:58.33 25.79 54.71 1:25.28

Women's Team Pursuit (6 laps)

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank
2006 Winter 20 Torino Speed Skating Canada CAN Quarter-Finals Heat 1 1
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada CAN Finals Final C 1
2010 Winter 24 Vancouver Speed Skating Canada CAN Quarter-Finals Heat 4 2