A former Team GB short track speed skater has turned to OnlyFans and a pizza delivery role to support herself following disappointing Olympic performances.
Olympic Setbacks
Elise Christie ranked among Britain’s top short track speed skaters but never secured an Olympic medal. During the 2014 Sochi Games, officials disqualified her from three events. Four years later at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a crash led to another elimination. As a key medal contender, she endured intense online abuse alongside her athletic disappointments.
Funding Cuts and Pizza Job
Post-2018 Olympics, authorities slashed her central funding, derailing plans for a final shot at redemption in Beijing 2022. Christie took a job at a Pizza Hut outlet as a maker and delivery driver to finance her training. An ankle injury later barred her from qualifying, prompting her retirement announcement in December 2021.
Her coworkers expressed shock at sharing shifts with a TV-famous Olympian. Christie responded, “I’m here to get paid, just like the rest of you.”
Move to OnlyFans
Christie joined the adult subscription platform OnlyFans for financial stability. She weighed the decision carefully, stating, “In the end, I decided that being slagged off for this had nothing on being slagged off for my skating, something I dedicated my life to and apparently failed at.” Most close friends backed her choice, though some distanced themselves.
She prefers avoiding explicit content but views it as essential. “I’m trying to get to a point where I’m not doing it, but it’s not financially easy,” Christie noted.
Earnings and Background
Around 700 subscribers on OnlyFans generate approximately £5,000 for her—comparable to her 2017 World Championships gold prize money.
Christie battles bipolar disorder and has overcome severe personal trials, including past self-harm. Her 2021 memoir details a drugging and rape in Nottingham after the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. In 2012, she survived a house fire that damaged her lungs, requiring resuscitation. Rehab played a key role in her recovery.
Today, Christie embraces motherhood to her two-year-old daughter, Millie.
