Ellia SMEDING

Great Britain
Speed Skating
16 Mar 1998
23
Female
1.74/5'8''
OXFORDSHIRE
 
Great Britain
HEERENVEEN
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Women's 1000m 23
Women's 1500m 27

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Women's 1500m
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Women's 1000m
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
14Women's 1000m2020Heerenveen, NED
16Women's Mass Start2020Heerenveen, NED
18Women's 1500m2020Heerenveen, NED
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
23Women's 1000m2021Heerenveen, NED
World Cup
SeasonWomen's 500mWomen's 1000mWomen's Mass Start
2020/212724
2019/20585631
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Athlete, Business owner, Student

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Studying Law at Hanze College, Groningen (NED) and Psychology at Open University (NED).

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Father, Sjaak. Mother, Sue Mumford. Partner, Cornelius Kersten.

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English, Dutch

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Team Frysk

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Siep Hoekstra (NED)

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Partner Cornelius Kersten (Speed skating): Holds four British national records. Finished 11th in the 1000m at the 2021 World Championships in Heerenveen, after competing at the 2018 World Sprint Championships in Changchun. Former Dutch junior champion. Started competing for Great Britain in 2016 through his mother.

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2015 Season Opening Race in Inzell (500m - 78th/52nd, 1000m - 50th, 1500m - 54th)
2019 World Cup in Minsk (1000m B - 24th, Mass Start SF - 13th)

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February 2017: Lung infection caused her to miss the World Junior Championships in Helsinki.

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2019

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Began skating in 2008. (isu.org)

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Enjoyed inline speed skating, switched to ice after moving to the Netherlands. (switchtheplay.com, 2021)

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"It's my biggest dream to be able to compete at the Olympics for GB." (bbc.co.uk, 17 Dec 2020)

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Winter Universiade Opening Ceremony flagbearer (2017).

General Interest

NATIONALITY
Born in Oxfordshire to a British mother and a Dutch father, moving to Harlingen (NED) at age eight. “People often think I went for the easy option because I chose to represent Great Britain, but I still have to compete at the same level at the same competitions”. (Schaatsseizoen 48, 2020; switchtheplay.com, 2021)

OLYMPIC FUNDING
Together with her partner, she founded a coffee company called Brew'22, as a means to supplement funding for their travel and training. The idea for the company arose due to the difficulty of finding good coffee while abroad for competition or training. "Whilst in Japan, we came across an innovative product, a single cup filter which enabled us to choose our own coffee bean, grind it and therefore travel with our own coffee." Their coffee flavours include Trailblazer, Underdog, Powerhouse, Dreamcatcher and One of a Kind. (brew22.com, 2021)

VOLUNTEER
In 2016, she volunteered at the small Indonesian island of Nusa Penida to care for endangered sea turtles and clear the beach of plastic and other contamination. (LinkedIn, 2021)

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