Jorrit Bergsma

Jorrit Bergsma
Jorrit Bergsma at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986
Oldeboorn, Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Spouse(s) Heather Richardson
Sport
Country  Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro 2004
Medal record
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi10,000 m
2018 Pyeongchang10,000 m
2014 Sochi5000 m
World Single Distance Championships
2013 Sochi10,000 m
2015 Heerenveen10,000 m
2017 GangneungTeam pursuit
2012 Heerenveen10,000 m
2013 Sochi5000 m
2015 Heerenveen5000 m
2016 Kolomna5000 m
2017 Gangneung5000 m
2017 Gangneung10,000 m

Jorrit Bergsma (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrɪt ˈbɛrxsmaː]; born 1 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater and marathon skater. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m.

Biography

Bergsma has been skating for the BAM team since the 2010–11 season. On 10 October 2009 he won his first skating match (the Marathon), the DSB Bank Cup.[1] During the 2009–10 season he tried to qualify for the Olympic Games for Kazakhstan. During the national championships in the Russian Chelyabinsk Bergsma won the 5000 m in 6:28.21 and qualified for the World Cup. The ISU refused to let the Dutch Kazakh start and Bergsma decided to end his Kazakh adventure.[2] Later in the season he won the Alternatieve Elfstedentocht in Austria.[3]

Bergsma won the Dutch Marathon Championships on 10 February 2010 by beating Douwe de Vries. On 29 December 2010 he won the Ronde van Duurswold, the first edition of this classic on natural ice. In 2012 he won the Dutch Marathon Championships on natural ice for the second time.[4]

He became the Dutch 5000 m champion at the Dutch Single Distance Championships in November 2011. At the first World Cup in Chelyabinsk he won the 5000 m in a new rink record (6:18.74)

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Bergsma won gold in the 10,000 m with an Olympic record of 12:44.45.[5] Bergsma also won bronze in the 5000 m.[6]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Bergsma won silver in the 10,000 m[7]

Personal life

Bergsma is married to American speed skater Heather Bergsma.[8]

Records

Personal records[9]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m38.2527 December 2014Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 m1:14.3020 December 2014Thialf, Heerenveen
1500 m1:47.082 November 2013Olympic Oval, Calgary
3000 m3.39.793 November 2013Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m6:06.9310 November 2013Olympic Oval, Calgary
10,000 m12.41,9815 February 2017Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung

References

  1. ↑ "Kazach Jorrit Bergsma wint in Alkmaar eerste schaatsmarathon" BN De Stem, 12 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Marathonschaatsers toch geen Kazachen" Nieuws.nl, 3 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bergsma wint Alternatieve Elfstedentocht" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 30 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Solerende Bergsma favoriet voor Elfstedentocht" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 8 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Men's 10000 m : Speed Skating Men's 10000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC).
  6. ↑ "Men's 5000 m : Speed Skating Men's 5000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC).
  7. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/speed-skating/result-men-s-10000m-fnl-000100-.htm
  8. ↑ Willie Cornblatt. "Heather Richardson finds speed skating love". NBC.
  9. ↑ "Jorrit Bergsma". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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