Jorrit Bergsma

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.

Jorrit Bergsma

Jorrit Bergsma at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 39) Oldeboorn, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Spouse	Heather Richardson
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event	10,000 m
Club	De Pinguins
Turned pro	2004
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 10000 m 2018 Pyeongchang 10000 m 2014 Sochi 5000 m World Single Distances Championships 2013 Sochi 10000 m 2015 Heerenveen 10000 m 2017 Gangneung Team pursuit 2019 Inzell 10000 m 2020 Salt Lake City Mass start 2012 Heerenveen 10000 m 2013 Sochi 5000 m 2015 Heerenveen 5000 m 2016 Kolomna 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 10000 m 2021 Heerenveen 10000 m 2023 Heerenveen 10000 m European Championships 2022 Heerenveen 5000 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	12:39.67	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
2010–11	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m				7th 5000/10000m
2011–12	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m		HEERENVEEN 10000m		5000/10000m mass start 5th Grand World Cup
2012–13	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m		SOCHI 5000m 10000m		5000/10000m team pursuit 5th mass start Grand World Cup
2013–14	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m 9th mass start			SOCHI 5000m 10000m	5000/10000m team pursuit Grand World Cup
2014–15	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m 19th mass start	HEERENVEEN 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
2015–16	HEERENVEEN 13th 1500m 5000m DQ 10000m		KOLOMNA 5000m 21st mass start		5000/10000m 4th mass start team pursuit
2016–17	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m		GANGNEUNG 5000m 10000m team pursuit 14th mass start		5000/10000m mass start team pursuit
2017–18	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m			GANGNEUNG 10000m	21st mass start 7th team pursuit
2018–19	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m 18th mass start		INZELL 12th 5000m 10000m		22nd 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit
2019–20	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m 12th mass start		SALT LAKE CITY 8th 5000m 4th 10000m mass start		6th 5000/10000m 7th mass start	HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m 19th mass start
2020–21	HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m DQ 10000m		HEERENVEEN 5th 5000m 10000m 7th mass start		6th 5000/10000m mass start
2021–22	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m 17th mass start			BEIJING 5th 5000m 4th 10000m 9th mass start	5th 5000/10000m 5th mass start	HEERENVEEN 5000m 6th mass start
2022–23	HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m mass start		HEERENVEEN 4th 5000m 10000m 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
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