Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSCAN20911199101 | |
NOC | Canada | |
Born | 09 Nov 1991 in Regina | |
Gender | Women |
Residence | Calgary, AB, CAN | |
Higher education | Mathematics - University of Calgary: Canada | |
Languages | English | |
Occupation | Athlete |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 38.67 | 07 Mar 2015 | Calgary | |||
1000m | 1:15.27 | 30 Dec 2013 | Calgary | |||
1500m | 1:54.44 | 08 Mar 2015 | Calgary | |||
3000m | 4:06.99 | 07 Mar 2015 | Calgary | |||
5000m | 7:24.10 | 08 Mar 2015 | Calgary |
Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
World Junior Championships
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1000m | 1 | |||||
Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||||
World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
World Single Distances Championships
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Team Sprint | 1 |
Other sports | She wrestled at junior provincial level in Canada. (speedskating.ca, 2012) | |
Famous relatives | Her brother Keegan has competed in short track and was a finalist at the Saskatchewan Sport Awards in the Male Athlete of the Year category. Her father Bill has worked as a coach at the Regina Speed Skating Club in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her uncle Louis Christ competed in athletics for the junior and indoor national teams, and was a national university champion. (canada.com, 30 Jan 2014; speedskating.ca, 21 Jan 2012) |
Reason for choosing this sport | "My parents had a rule that we had to do an ice sport in the winter, so after seeing it on television both my brother and I started speed skating." |
Hero / Idol | Canadian speed skater Christine Nesbitt. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) | |
Awards and honours | She received long track's 2012 Rising Star Award from Speed Skating Canada. (speedskating.ca, 2017) She was named 2011 Female Athlete of the Year by Sask Sport in Saskatchewan, Canada. (speedskating.ca, 2012) |
When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating at age three, and took up speed skating in 2000 in Regina, SK, Canada. |
Injuries | She sustained a concussion in July 2019 that kept her out of action for seven months. (isu.org, 17 Dec 2021) In January 2016 she fell and stretched the sacroiliac ligament in the left side of her hip. The injury affected her for five years. (isu.org, 17 Dec 2021; Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) She suffered a back injury in 2011. (Athlete, 26 Nov 2013) |
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Most influential person in career | Her parents. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) | |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "Do what you love and that passion will keep pushing you forward." (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) |
www.facebook.com/kali.christ | twitter.com/KaliChrist |
Club / Team | Regina Speed Skating Club: Canada |
Memorable sporting achievement | Finishing fourth and setting a personal best in the 1500m at the final 2012/13 World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2021/2022 | Four Continents Championships | 1500m | 1 | |||
2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
2014/2015 | World Allround Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
2021/2022 | Four Continents Championships | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
2021/2022 | Four Continents Championships | 1000m | 3 | |||
2021/2022 | Four Continents Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 4 | |||
2014 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 5 | |||
2012/2013 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 5 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 6 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 8 | |||
2014/2015 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 8 | |||
2011/2012 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 9 | |||
2013/2014 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 10 | |||
2012/2013 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 12 | |||
2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 14 | |||
2014 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 16 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 19 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 19 | |||
2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 21 | |||
2014 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 21 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2012/2013 | Heerenveen | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 2 | |||
2013/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 2 | |||
2012/2013 | Erfurt | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 2 | |||
2017/2018 | Stavanger | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
2017/2018 | Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 3 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 9 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 14 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 14 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 19 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 19 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 21 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 23 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 26 | |||
2013/2014 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 26 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 26 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 15 Laps | 32 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 32 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 33 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 38 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 41 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 41 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 41 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 44 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 44 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 47 |