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Jorrit Bergsma
Jorrit Bergsma at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 38)
Oldeboorn, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
SpouseHeather Richardson
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event10,000 m
ClubDe Pinguins
Turned pro2004
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 5000 m
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Heerenveen 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Inzell 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salt Lake City Mass start
Silver medal – second place 2012 Heerenveen 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sochi 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Heerenveen 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kolomna 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gangneung 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gangneung 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2021 Heerenveen 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Heerenveen 10000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Heerenveen 5000 m

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

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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

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

Records

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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 12:39.67 31 October 2021 Heerenveen

Tournament overview

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Season 		Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances 		Dutch
Championships
Allround 		World
Championships
Single
Distances 		Olympic Games
Olympic
Games 		World
Cup
GWC 		European
Championships
Single
Distances

2010–11
HEERENVEEN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10000m
7th 5000/10000m

2011–12
HEERENVEEN
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

2012–13
HEERENVEEN
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

2013–14
HEERENVEEN
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

2014–15
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
19th mass start
HEERENVEEN
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

2015–16
HEERENVEEN
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

2016–17
HEERENVEEN
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

2017–18
HEERENVEEN
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

2018–19
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
18th mass start
INZELL
12th 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
22nd 5000/10000m
4th team pursuit

2019–20
HEERENVEEN
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
6th 5000/10000m
7th mass start
HEERENVEEN
4th 5000m
19th mass start

2020–21
HEERENVEEN
4th 5000m
DQ 10000m
HEERENVEEN
5th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
7th mass start
6th 5000/10000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) mass start

2021–22
HEERENVEEN
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10000m
17th mass start
BEIJING
5th 5000m
4th 10000m
9th mass start
5th 5000/10000m
5th mass start
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
6th mass start

2022–23
HEERENVEEN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) mass start
HEERENVEEN
4th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10000m
5th mass start
19th 5000/10000m
28th mass start

Source:[10]

World Cup overview

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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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)* – 12th* 5th
2011–2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)* – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)* 5th
2012–2013 2nd 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)
2013–2014 2nd 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)
2015–2016 2nd 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)
2016–2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) – 1st place, gold medalist(s)* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–2018 7th 4th* 16th – – –
2018–2019 – – 1st(b)* 5th – –
2019–2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6th 5th – 6th 5th
2020–2021 5th 6th
2021–2022 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6th – 6th
2022–2023 – 12th 2nd(b) 2nd(b) – 2nd(b)
Season Team 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) − −
2016–2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–2018 10th – – −
2018–2019 – – 8th
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
Season Mass start
2010–2011
2011–2012 5th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012–2013 6th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5th DQ
2013–2014
2014–2015 – – 4th 1st place, gold medalist(s) DNF 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015–2016 7th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8th 4th
2016–2017 13th 1st place, gold medalist(s) − 9th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017–2018 9th − −
2018–2019
2019–2020 6th(SF) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) − − 10th
2020–2021 4th(SF) 9th 4th(SF) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021–2022 4th(SF) 8th 5th(SF) 6th − − 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022–2023 – 6th − − 14th –

Source[11]

  • * = 10000 meter

Medals won

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Championship Gold
1st place, gold medalist(s) 		Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 		Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

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  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). Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ "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.
  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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