Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian Olympic Gold Medallist in long track speed skating. Nesbitt won the medal in the 1000m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She also holds a Silver Medal in the Team Pursuit from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and is the 2012 World Champion at the 1000 m and 1500 m distances.
Christine established the World Record at the 1000 m distance on Jan. 28th, 2012 at the Calgary Olympic Oval. Her time was 1:12.68, beating the previous record by 0.43 seconds. She also holds the Women’s Pursuit World Record with Kristina Groves and Brittany Schussler (2:55.79, Dec.6, 2009, Calgary Olympic Oval).
Christine was the recipient of the Oscar Mathisen Award for the outstanding speed skating performance of the 2011-2012 season — her world record-setting 1000 m race during the Sprint Championships at the Calgary Oval.
Recent Championships and Awards
2012 – Recipient of the Oscar Mathisen Award
2012 – World Champion at 1000 m and 1500 m
2012 – World Cup Women’s Grand Champion
2012 – World Cup 1000, 1500 m and Team Pursuit Champion
2012 – Silver medal at World Sprint Championships
2012 – Bronze medal at World Allround Championships
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The Muungano Foundation:
A cause to support
I support and help to raise funds for the Muungano Foundation, a small, grass-roots organization consisting entirely of volunteers. It was founded by a few teachers of London’s primary and secondary schools to provide educational support to children of the Muungano region, in northern Kenya. It is raising funds to build a school and to provide the financial means to obtain books and other infrastructural needs for the school. Teachers from Jeanne Sauvé, Sir Fredrick Banting, other London schools, and the Me-to-We Foundation, donate their time by travelling to Kenya (at their own expense) to help educate both the children and their Kenyan teachers. I encourage you to contribute. Many children will benefit.
Please visit the Muungano website: http://www.muunganofoundation.ca/
