Jorrit Bergsma

Jorrit Bergsma
	Jorrit Bergsma at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	1 February 1986 (age 35); 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
Event(s)	10,000 m
Club	De Pinguins
Turned pro	2004
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing Netherlands
Olympic Games
World Single Distances Championships

Jacob Jorrit Bergsma (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔrɪd ˈbɛr(ə)xsmaː]; 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. His coach is .

Biography[]

Bergsma has been skating for the 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 , 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[]

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records^[9]
Men's speed skating
500 meter	38.25	27 December 2014	Heerenveen
1000 meter	1:14.30	20 December 2014	Heerenveen
1500 meter	1:47.08	2 November 2013	Calgary
3000 meter	3:39.79	3 November 2013	Calgary
5000 meter	6:06.93	10 November 2013	Calgary
10000 meter	12:41.98	15 February 2017	Gangneung

Tournament overview[]

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	European Championships Single Distances
2010–2011	5000m 10000m				7th 5000/10000m
2011–2012	5000m 10000m		HEERENVEEN 10000m		5000/10000m Mass start 5th Grand World Cup
2012–2013	5000m 10000m		SOCHI 5000m 10000m		5000/10000m Team pursuit 5th Mass start Grand World Cup
2013–2014	5000m 10000m 9th Mass start			SOCHI 5000m 10000m	5000/10000m Team pursuit Grand World Cup
2014–2015	5000 10000m 19th Mass start	19th 500m 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m 4th overall	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m 19th Mass start		45th 1500m 5000/10000m 4th Mass start 5th Grand World Cup
2015–2016	13th 1500m 5000m DQ 10000m		KOLOMNA 5000m 21st Mass start		5000/10000m 4th Mass start Team pursuit
2016–2017	5000m 10000m		GANGNEUNG 5000m 10000m Team pursuit 14th Mass start		5000/10000m Mass start Team pursuit
2017–2018	5000m 10000m			GANGNEUNG 10000m	21st Mass start 7th Team pursuit
2018–2019	5000 10000m 18th Mass start		INZELL 12th 5000m 10000		22nd 5000/10000m 4th Team pursuit
2019–2020	5000m 10000m 12th Mass start		SALT LAKE CITY 8th 5000m 4th 10000m Mass start		7th Mass start	HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m 19th Mass start

Source:^[10]

World Cup overview[]

Season	1500 meter
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015	–	–	–	–	16th(b)	–
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019

Season	5000/10000 meter
2010–2011	9th	9th	*	–	12th*	5th
2011–2012			*	–	*	5th
2012–2013			*		*
2013–2014			–*
2014–2015	–	–*
2015–2016		*
2016–2017			–	*
2017–2018	7th	4th*	16th	–	–	–
2018–2019	–	–	1st(b)*	5th	–	–

Season	Team pursuit
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013	–			–
2013–2014	–	–			−
2014–2015
2015–2016	–		−	−
2016–2017			–
2017–2018	10th	–	–	−
2018–2019	–	–	8th

Season	Mass start
2010–2011
2011–2012	5th
2012–2013	6th		5th	DQ
2013–2014
2014–2015	–	–	4th		DNF
2015–2016	7th		8th	4th
2016–2017	13th		−	9th
2017–2018	9th	−	−
2018–2019

Source^[11]

* = 10000 meter

Medals won[]

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dutch Single Distances	7	8	4
World Single Distances	5	7	0
Olympic Games	1	1	0
World Cup	23	17	7
World Cup classification	9	2	3

References[]

^ "Kazach Jorrit Bergsma wint in Alkmaar eerste schaatsmarathon" BN De Stem, 12 October 2009.
^ "Marathonschaatsers toch geen Kazachen" Nieuws.nl, 3 January 2010.
^ "Bergsma wint Alternatieve Elfstedentocht". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 30 January 2010.
^ "Solerende Bergsma favoriet voor Elfstedentocht". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 8 February 2012.
^ "Men's 10000 m : Speed Skating Men's 10000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC).
^ "Men's 5000 m : Speed Skating Men's 5000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC).
^ "PyeongChang 2018 Men's 10000m Results - Olympic speed-skating".
^ Willie Cornblatt. "Heather Richardson finds speed skating love". NBC. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
^ "Jorrit Bergsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ "Skater Profile | Jorrit Bergsma | Men | Netherlands".
^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live".

[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". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 30 January 2010.

[4] "Solerende Bergsma favoriet voor Elfstedentocht". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 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] "PyeongChang 2018 Men's 10000m Results - Olympic speed-skating".

[8] Willie Cornblatt. "Heather Richardson finds speed skating love". NBC. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

[9] "Jorrit Bergsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

[10] "Skater Profile | Jorrit Bergsma | Men | Netherlands".

[11] "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live".

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