Jorrit Bergsma
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 38) Oldeboorn, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Heather Richardson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 10,000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | De Pinguins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Jillert Anema.
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 |
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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 | 12:39.67 | 31 October 2021 | Heerenveen |
Tournament overview
Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Allround | World Championships Single Distances | ![]() Olympic Games | World Cup GWC | European Championships Single Distances |
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2010–11 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | 7th 5000/10000m | ||||
2011–12 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN ![]() | ![]() ![]() 5th Grand World Cup | |||
2012–13 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | SOCHI ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() 5th mass start ![]() | |||
2013–14 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() 9th mass start | SOCHI ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
2014–15 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() 19th mass start | HEERENVEEN 19th 500m ![]() 4th 1500m ![]() 4th overall | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() 19th mass start | 45th 1500m ![]() 4th mass start 5th Grand World Cup | ||
2015–16 | HEERENVEEN 13th 1500m ![]() DQ 10000m | KOLOMNA ![]() 21st mass start | ![]() 4th mass start ![]() | |||
2016–17 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | GANGNEUNG ![]() ![]() ![]() 14th mass start | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
2017–18 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() | GANGNEUNG ![]() | 21st mass start 7th team pursuit | |||
2018–19 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() 18th mass start | INZELL 12th 5000m ![]() | 22nd 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit | |||
2019–20 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() 12th mass start | SALT LAKE CITY 8th 5000m 4th 10000m ![]() | 6th 5000/10000m 7th mass start | HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m 19th mass start | ||
2020–21 | HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m DQ 10000m | HEERENVEEN 5th 5000m ![]() 7th mass start | 6th 5000/10000m ![]() | |||
2021–22 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() 17th mass start | BEIJING 5th 5000m 4th 10000m 9th mass start | 5th 5000/10000m 5th mass start | HEERENVEEN ![]() 6th mass start | ||
2022–23 | HEERENVEEN ![]() ![]() ![]() | HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m ![]() 5th mass start | 19th 5000/10000m 28th 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 | ||||||
2019–2020 | ||||||
2020–2021 | ||||||
2021–2022 | ||||||
2022–2023 |
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 | – | – |
2019–2020 | ![]() | 6th | 5th | – | 6th | 5th |
2020–2021 | 5th | 6th | ||||
2021–2022 | 4th | ![]() | 6th | – | 6th | |
2022–2023 | – | 12th | 2nd(b) | 2nd(b) | – | 2nd(b) |
Season | Team pursuit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010–2011 | ||||||
2011–2012 | ||||||
2012–2013 | – | ![]() | ![]() | – | ||
2013–2014 | – | – | ![]() | − | ||
2014–2015 | ||||||
2015–2016 | – | ![]() | − | − | ||
2016–2017 | ![]() | ![]() | – | ![]() | ![]() | |
2017–2018 | 10th | – | – | − | ||
2018–2019 | – | – | 8th | |||
2019–2020 | ||||||
2020–2021 | ||||||
2021–2022 | ||||||
2022–2023 |
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 | |||||||
2019–2020 | 6th(SF) | ![]() | 11th | ![]() | − | − | 10th |
2020–2021 | 4th(SF) | 9th | 4th(SF) | ![]() | |||
2021–2022 | 4th(SF) | 8th | 5th(SF) | 6th | − | − | ![]() |
2022–2023 | – | 6th | − | − | 14th | – |
Source[11]
- * = 10000 meter
Medals won
Championship | Gold ![]() | Silver ![]() | Bronze ![]() |
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Dutch Single Distances | 9 | 8 | 4 |
World Single Distances | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Olympic Games | 1 | 1 | 1 |
World Cup | 25 | 18 | 7 |
World Cup classification | 9 | 2 | 4 |
European Single Distances | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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). Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Men's 5000 m : Speed Skating Men's 5000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "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".
External links
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- Jorrit Bergsma at the International Skating Union
- Jorrit Bergsma in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Jorrit Bergsma at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Jorrit Bergsma at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Jorrit Bergsma at Olympics.com
- Jorrit Bergsma at Olympedia
- Jorrit Bergsma at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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