Bergsma is a native of North Carolina. She represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished 6th in 500 metres, 9th in the 1000 metres, and 16th in the 1500 metres.[1] At the 2011 World Single Distance Championships in Inzell, Germany, she won a bronze medal in the 1000 metres.[2] She also placed 8th in the 500 metres,[3] and was part of the team pursuit team that finished in 8th place.[4]
Bergsma held the American record on the 500 metres distance from 2011 to 2021.[8] She is the current world record holder in the 2 x 500 meters,[9] and held the 1500 metres world record from 2015 to 2019,[10] and also briefly held the 1000 metres world record in November 2015,[11] and the sprint combination world record from 2013 to 2017.[12]
She announced her retirement from skating in February 2020.[13]
Personal lifeedit
Bergsma married Dutch speed skater and marathon skater Jorrit Bergsma in May 2015, and competed as Heather Richardson-Bergsma the following season.[14]
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^ abc"Evolution of the world record 2x500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
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Heather Richardson redirects here For the historian and writer see Heather Cox Richardson Heather Bergsma nee Richardson born March 20 1989 is an American former speed skater who competed between 2006 and 2020 Heather Bergsma2016 WSD Speed Skating ChampionshipsPersonal informationBirth nameHeather RichardsonBorn 1989 03 20 March 20 1989 age 35 High Point North Carolina U S Height5 ft 10 in 178 cm Weight149 lb 68 kg SpouseJorrit BergsmaSportCountry United StatesSportSpeed skatingMedal record Women s speed skating Representing the United States Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team pursuit World Sprint Championships 2013 Salt Lake City Sprint 2015 Astana Sprint 2016 Seoul Sprint 2017 Calgary Sprint 2014 Nagano Sprint World Single Distances Championships 2015 Heerenveen 500 m 2017 Gangneung 1000 m 2017 Gangneung 1500 m 2015 Heerenveen 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1000 m 2016 Kolomna 1500 m 2011 Inzell 1000 m 2015 Heerenveen 1500 m 2017 Gangneung Mass start Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Speed skating 3 1 Records 3 1 1 Personal records 3 1 2 World records 3 2 Results timeline 4 References 5 External linksCareer editBergsma is a native of North Carolina She represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where she finished 6th in 500 metres 9th in the 1000 metres and 16th in the 1500 metres 1 At the 2011 World Single Distance Championships in Inzell Germany she won a bronze medal in the 1000 metres 2 She also placed 8th in the 500 metres 3 and was part of the team pursuit team that finished in 8th place 4 On January 26 27 2013 Bergsma won the gold medal at the 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City United States 5 She has since won several world championship medals 6 and earned numerous podium placings in the World Cup 7 At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won the bronze medal in the team pursuit Bergsma held the American record on the 500 metres distance from 2011 to 2021 8 She is the current world record holder in the 2 x 500 meters 9 and held the 1500 metres world record from 2015 to 2019 10 and also briefly held the 1000 metres world record in November 2015 11 and the sprint combination world record from 2013 to 2017 12 She announced her retirement from skating in February 2020 13 Personal life editBergsma married Dutch speed skater and marathon skater Jorrit Bergsma in May 2015 and competed as Heather Richardson Bergsma the following season 14 Speed skating editRecords edit Personal records edit Personal records 14 Women s speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 500 m 36 90 November 16 2013 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City American record until beaten by Erin Jackson on December 3 2021 8 2 x 500 m 74 190 December 28 2013 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City Current world record 9 1000 m 1 12 28 February 26 2017 Olympic Oval Calgary 1500 m 1 50 85 November 21 2015 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City World record until beaten by Miho Takagi on March 10 2019 10 3000 m 4 05 00 March 7 2015 Olympic Oval Calgary 5000 m 7 20 27 March 8 2015 Olympic Oval Calgary World records edit World records 15 Women s speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 2 x 500 m 74 190 December 28 2013 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City Current world record 9 1000 m 1 12 51 November 14 2015 Olympic Oval Calgary World record until beaten by Brittany Bowe on November 22 2015 11 1500 m 1 50 85 November 21 2015 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City World record until beaten by Miho Takagi on March 10 2019 10 Sprint comb 147 735 January 19 20 2013 Olympic Oval Calgary World record until beaten by Nao Kodaira on February 25 26 2017 12 Results timeline edit Season World Sprint World SD World Cup Olympic Games 2007 08 25th Did notparticipate 53rd 500 mNC 1000 m Not held 2008 09 20th 16th 2x500 m15th 1000 m NC 100 m28th 500 m22nd 1000 mNC 1500 m 2009 10 Did notparticipate Not held 9th 500 m9th 1000 m 6th 2x500 m9th 1000 m16th 1500 m 2010 11 4th 6th 2x500 m nbsp 1000 m8th team pursuit 4th 500 m nbsp 1000 m14th 1500 m Not held 2011 12 6th 4th 2x500 m4th 1000 m8th team pursuit 9th 500 m nbsp 1000 m21st 1500 m 2012 13 nbsp 8th 2x500 m6th 1000 m 5th 500 m nbsp 1000 m33rd 1500 m 2013 14 nbsp Not held nbsp 500 m nbsp 1000 m17th 1500 m1st GWC 8th 2x500 m7th 1000 m7th 1500 m6th team pursuit 2014 15 nbsp nbsp 2x500 m nbsp 1000 m nbsp 1500 m nbsp 500 m5th 1000 m nbsp 1500 m30th 3k 5k18th mass start1st GWC Not held 2015 16 nbsp 5th 2x500 m nbsp 1000 m nbsp 1500 m13th mass start nbsp 500 m nbsp 1000 m nbsp 1500 m6th mass start Note NC No classification 6 7 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Heather Richardson Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on April 18 2020 Retrieved September 11 2012 ESSENT ISU WORLD DISTANCES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 Result 1000m Ladies Rankings as of Mar 12 2011 12 48PM International Skating Union March 12 2011 Retrieved July 13 2013 ESSENT ISU WORLD DISTANCES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 Result 500m Ladies Rankings as of Mar 13 2011 1 43PM International Skating Union March 13 2011 Retrieved July 13 2013 ESSENT ISU WORLD DISTANCES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 Result Team Pursuit Ladies Rankings as of Mar 13 2011 4 20PM International Skating Union March 13 2011 Retrieved July 13 2013 Essent ISU World Sprint Championships 2013 Classification Ladies Rankings as of Jan 27 2013 3 58PM International Skating Union January 27 2013 Retrieved July 13 2013 a b Heather Richardson www speedskatingstats com Retrieved September 8 2023 a b Heather Richardson www speedskatingstats com Retrieved September 8 2023 a b National Records United States USA Women s 500m www speedskatingresults com Retrieved September 8 2023 a b c Evolution of the world record 2x500 meters Women www speedskatingstats com Retrieved January 11 2016 a b c Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women www speedskatingstats com Retrieved January 24 2020 a b Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women www speedskatingstats com Retrieved November 22 2015 a b Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women www speedskatingstats com Retrieved April 28 2017 Heather Bergsma world champion speed skater retires NBC Sports 18 February 2020 Retrieved 1 March 2020 a b Heather Bergsma www speedskatingresults com Retrieved April 28 2017 Heather Richardson www speedskatingstats com Retrieved January 11 2016 External links editHeather Bergsma at the International Skating Union Heather Richardson at the International Skating Union at the Wayback Machine archived July 20 2011 Heather Bergsma at Team USA archived October 19 2021 Heather Richardson at Team USA archived August 26 2016 Heather Richardson at Olympics com Heather Richardson Bergsma at Olympedia Records Preceded by nbsp Yu Jing Women s sprint combination speed skating world recordJanuary 20 2013 February 26 2017 Succeeded by nbsp Nao Kodaira Preceded by nbsp Jenny Wolf Women s 2 x 500 m speed skating world recordDecember 28 2013 present Succeeded byCurrent holder Preceded by nbsp Brittany Bowe Women s 1000 m speed skating world recordNovember 14 2015 November 22 2015 Succeeded by nbsp Brittany Bowe Preceded by nbsp Brittany Bowe Women s 1500 m speed skating world recordNovember 21 2015 March 10 2019 Succeeded by nbsp Miho Takagi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heather Bergsma amp oldid 1174491498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
