Jorrit Bergsma

Jacob 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.

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
Event(s)	10,000 m
Club	De Pinguins
Turned pro	2004
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 10,000 m 2018 Pyeongchang 10,000 m 2014 Sochi 5000 m World Single Distances Championships 2013 Sochi 10,000 m 2015 Heerenveen 10,000 m 2017 Gangneung Team pursuit 2019 Inzell 10,000 m 2020 Salt Lake City Mass start 2012 Heerenveen 10,000 m 2013 Sochi 5000 m 2015 Heerenveen 5000 m 2016 Kolomna 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 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 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]

Word 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	6	0
Olympic Games	1	1	0
World Cup	23	17	7
World Cup classification	9	2	3

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". 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. 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. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
9. "Jorrit Bergsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
10. https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/jorrit-bergsma/
11. https://app.isuresults.eu/events

External links

• Jorrit Bergsma at the International Skating Union
• Jorrit Bergsma at International Olympic Committee
• Jorrit Bergsma at Olympic Channel
• Jorrit Bergsma at Olympic Channel
• Jorrit Bergsma at Olympedia
• Jorrit Bergsma at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Jorrit Bergsma at Cycling Archives
• Jorrit Bergsma at CycleBase
• Jorrit Bergsma in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
• Jorrit Bergsma at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Jorrit Bergsma at SpeedSkatingStats.com