Elise Christie

Elise Christie is a British short track speed skater who specializes in the 1000-metre event. She is a ten-time European Gold medalist, including two overall European titles in 2015 and 2016. In the 2017 World Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, she won World titles in the 1000- and 1500-metre events, as well as the overall Gold, the first British woman and first European woman to do so. Elise was born in Livingston, Scotland, in 1990. She went to school at St Margaret’s Academy in Livingston and later studied at Loughborough College in the Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) sports program. She was originally a figure skater, but took up speed skating when she was about 12 years old. In 2019 she discussed via a social media post highlighting mental health awareness that she had suffered from depression and anxiety, including self-harm, for a 2-year period.
In the video below Elise speaks about her mental health struggles and how important it is to talk about this subject.

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About the book

Content

These videos form part of the book 'The Secret Balance of Champions – Health Challenges in Elite Sport'. The Secret Balance of Champions is about the health challenges that elite athletes may encounter during or after their career. The book consists of eight chapters, compiled by some of the best sports and medical experts in the world, and features the unique stories of 32 champions. This is a ‘must-read’ book for anyone striving to become the best version of themselves!

In the book: Petr Czech, Mo Farah, Marianne Timmer, Kiki Bertens, Dwight Phillips, Ila Borders, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Geremi Njitap Fotso, Danka Barteková, Arjen Robben, Maarten van der Weijden, Abhinav Bindra, Lydia Williams, Evgeniy Levchenko, Marit Bjørgen, Niccoló Campriani, Dorian van Rijsselberghe, Epke Zonderland, Blake Leeper, Elise Christie, Nouchka Fontijn, Zanele Mdodana, Florence Schelling, Alistair Overeem, Sarah Gregorius, Willie Gault, Chris Hoy, Steven Kitshoff, Jetze Plat, Suresh Raina, Apolo Anton Ohno, Chris Froome, and a foreword written by Marco van Basten.

Push Sports is the proud co-sponsor of this unique project.


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About the authors

‘The Secret Balance of Champions’ was created and co-written by Vincent Gouttebarge (FIFPRO Chief Medical Officer), Gino Kerkhoffs (Orthopaedic Surgeon in elite sport at Amsterdam UMC) and Margriet de Schutter (former short-track speed skater and founder of Extopsporter.nl, an online platform for active and former elite athletes).

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