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Jorrit Bergsma
2013 WSDC Sochi - Jorrit Bergsma.JPG
Jorrit Bergsma at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 35)
Oldeboorn, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spouse(s)Heather Richardson
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)10,000 m
ClubDe Pinguins
Turned pro2004
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 2021 Heerenveen 10,000 m

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.

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

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

Records[edit]

Personal records[9]
Men's speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 meter38.2527 December 2014Heerenveen
1000 meter1:14.3020 December 2014Heerenveen
1500 meter1:47.082 November 2013Calgary
3000 meter3:39.793 November 2013Calgary
5000 meter6:06.9310 November 2013Calgary
10000 meter12:41.9815 February 2017Gangneung


Tournament overview[edit]

SeasonDutch Championships Single DistancesDutch Championships AllroundWorld Championships Single DistancesOlympic GamesWorld Cup GWC European Championships Single Distances
2010–20113rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10000m		7th 5000/10000m

2011–2012
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000/10000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mass start
5th Grand World Cup

2012–2013
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
SOCHI
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000/10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
5th Mass start
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grand World Cup

2013–2014
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
9th Mass start
SOCHI
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000/10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grand World Cup

2014–2015
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
19th Mass start
19th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
4th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
4th overall
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
19th Mass start
45th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000/10000m
4th Mass start
5th Grand World Cup

2015–2016
13th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
DQ 10000m
KOLOMNA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
21st Mass start
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000/10000m
4th Mass start
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2016–2017
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
GANGNEUNG
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
14th Mass start
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000/10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mass start
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2017–2018
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
GANGNEUNG
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
21st Mass start
7th Team pursuit

2018–2019
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
18th Mass start
INZELL
12th 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000
22nd 5000/10000m
4th Team pursuit

2019–2020
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
12th Mass start
SALT LAKE CITY
8th 5000m
4th 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mass start
7th Mass start
HEERENVEEN
4th 5000m
19th Mass start

Source:[10]

Word Cup overview[edit]

Season1500 meter
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015––––16th(b)–
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
Season5000/10000 meter
2010–20119th9th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)*–12th*5th
2011–20121st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)*–2nd place, silver medalist(s)*5th
2012–20132nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)*3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)*2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2013–20142nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)–*1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014–2015––*1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015–20162nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)*1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016–20172nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)–1st place, gold medalist(s)*3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–20187th4th*16th–––
2018–2019––1st(b)*5th––
SeasonTeam pursuit
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013–1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)–
2013–2014––1st place, gold medalist(s)−
2014–2015
2015–2016–1st place, gold medalist(s)−−
2016–20171st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)–2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–201810th––−
2018–2019––8th
SeasonMass start
2010–2011
2011–20125th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012–20136th1st place, gold medalist(s)5thDQ
2013–2014
2014–2015––4th1st place, gold medalist(s)DNF2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015–20167th2nd place, silver medalist(s)8th4th
2016–201713th1st place, gold medalist(s)−9th2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017–20189th−−
2018–2019

Source[11]

  • * = 10000 meter

Medals won[edit]

ChampionshipGold
1st place, gold medalist(s)		Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s)		Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dutch Single Distances784
World Single Distances570
Olympic Games110
World Cup23177
World Cup classification923

References[edit]

  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[edit]

  • 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 Cycling Archives
  • Jorrit Bergsma in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
  • Jorrit Bergsma at SpeedSkatingNews.info
  • Jorrit Bergsma at SpeedSkatingStats.com