World champion speed skater Elise Christie working as Pizza Hut delivery driver to make cash for Winter Olympics
WORLD CHAMPION speed skater Elise Christie is delivering pizzas to help raise cash for her 2022 Winter Olympics bid.
Christie, 30, is working at a Nottingham branch of Pizza Hut and revealed she is working several jobs after winter athletes had £8million of funding cut ahead of the Beijing games.
Christie, who’s competed for Team GB at the last two Winter Olympics, is loving her Pizza Hut gig.
Earlier this week she uploaded a picture in her uniform and wrote: “Lesssss go… from daytime athlete to evening pizza maker ;).”
And under another similar post she wrote: “I’ve gotta say I’m very blessed recently.
“Back to training with a great team of staff, doing my shoot for my book this week, which is so exciting it’s been such a long delayed project.
“Beginning my PT and police force journey. But mostly surprisingly I love my job with the pizza crew. So blessed to be around such an amazing team. I’ve found some new family :).”
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The Scot was sent death threats before she crashed out of medal contention at Sochi 2014.
And she had another nightmare Winter Olympics in PyeongChang in 2018.
After breaking the Olympic record in the 500m quarter-final, Christie crashed out in the final before being hospitalised with an ankle injury in the 1,500m semi-final.
And the final blow came when she was passed fit for the 1,000m final only to be disqualified for making moves deemed unsafe, harmful or hazardous.
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But despite the blows, Christie is determined to go out with a bang in China next year.
She told the BBC: “Everything’s aimed towards [a medal in Beijing], taking it one step at a time and really working hard on weaknesses from the last Games.
“While still in the limelight I’m trying to [challenge] the stigma surrounding mental health, while doing so as that’s a big goal of mine.”
Earlier this year, two-time Winter Olympian Aimee Fuller announced her retirement from competitive snowboarding.
SunSport understands the 29-year-old – who competed at the Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 Games – is hanging up her board to pursue a career in media and broadcasting.