Jorrit Bergsma

Jacob Jorrit Bergsma (; born 1 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater and marathon skater. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and the gold medal in the mass start at the 2026 Winter Olympics. His coach is .

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.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Bergsma won bronze in the 10,000 m and gold in the mass start, becoming the oldest-ever Olympic speed skating medallist at age 40.

Personal life Bergsma is married to American speed skater Heather Bergsma.

Records

Tournament overview

Source:

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 − − 10th2020–2021 4th(SF) 9th 4th(SF) 2021–2022 4th(SF) 8th 5th(SF) 6th − − 2022–2023 – 6th − − 14th – Source = 10000 meter

Medals won