Ellia Smeding
Personal information | |
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Born | Buckinghamshire, England | 16 March 1998
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
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Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Speed skating |
Event(s) | 1000m, 1500m |
Ellia Smeding (born 16 March 1998) is a British
At the 2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, she finished 8th in the 1000 meters and 11th in the 1500 meters events.
She holds personal bests of 1:14.47 in the 1000 meters and 1:57.62 in the 1500 meters.[3]
Personal life
Born in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, Smeding spent her early childhood in Oxfordshire before her family temporarily moved to the Netherlands (her father is Dutch, her mother English) so the children could learn Dutch. They stayed there, and Smeding, already into rollerblading, acquired a passion for speed skating. She is in a relationship with fellow British-Dutch Olympic speed skater Cornelius Kersten; based in Heerenveen, the couple have a coffee brewing business which helps to fund their sporting lives.[4][5]
References
- ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". app.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Aylesbury's Ellia Smeding on track to make history for Team GB in Beijing Winter Olympics". www.bucksherald.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". app.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Day, Aasma (13 February 2022). "Team GB speed skater Ellia Smeding: People don't realise how much athletes sacrifice to train, says proud mum". i. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Gunton, Jo (7 February 2022). "British speed skating couple Cornelius Kersten and Ellia Smeding: partners in all things". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
External links
- Ellia Smeding in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Ellia Smeding at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Ellia Smeding at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Ellia Smeding at Olympedia