Jorrit Bergsma
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Jorrit Bergsma at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 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 |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
Jorrit Bergsma (born 1 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater and marathonskater. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10000 m.
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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 stop his Kazakh adventure.[2] Later in the season he won the Alternative 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 10000 m with an Olympic record of 12:44.45.[5] Bergsma also won bronze in the 5000 m.[6]
Personal life
Bergsma is married to American speed skater Heather Richardson-Bergsma.[7]
Records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 38.25 | 27 December 2014 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 1000 m | 1:14.30 | 20 December 2014 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |
| 1500 m | 1:47.08 | 2 November 2013 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 3000 m | 3.39.79 | 3 November 2013 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6:06.93 | 10 November 2013 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 10000 m | 12:44.45 | 18 February 2014 | Adler Arena, Sochi | Current Olympic record.[9] |
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- ↑ "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 Alt. Elfstedentocht" De Telegraaf, 30 January 2010.
- ↑ Solerende Bergsma favoriet voor Elfstedentocht volkskrant.nl Retrieved:08-02-2012.
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| Preceded by | Oscar Mathisen Award 2014 |
Succeeded by Brittany Bowe |
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