# Jorrit Bergsma

Jacob Jorrit Bergsma (Dutch pronunciation:; 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. 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. Later in the season he won the Alternatieve Elfstedentocht in Austria.
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.
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. Bergsma also won bronze in the 5000 m.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Bergsma won silver in the 10,000 m

## Personal life

Bergsma is married to American speed skater Heather Bergsma.

## Records

Personal records :
| 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:

## World Cup overview

| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 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 | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 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 | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | 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 | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start | 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
* * = 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 |