competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. She stated that she would have to self-fund her next Olympic bid and is expecting to train outside of the United Kingdom, with an intention to focus on the shorter 500 and 1000 metre distances. Personal life Elise Christie was named Nottingham Sportswoman of the Year in 2013 and 2015 (and runner-up in 2014). She was named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year in 2017, in recognition of her world title success at the 2017 World Championships. She was in a relationship with Hungarian short track speed skater Shaolin Sándor Liu from October 2015, before breaking up at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Christie discussed via a social media post in 2019 highlighting mental health awareness that she had suffered from depression and anxiety for a two-year period, including self-harm. In September 2021, Christie revealed that she had been raped when she was 19, on a night out in Nottingham in 2010, after having her drink spiked. See also Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics References 1990 births Living people British female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of Great Britain Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Livingston, West Lothian Sportspeople from West Lothian People educated at St Margaret's Academy World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year winners 21st-century British women