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."Kazach Jorrit Bergsma wint in Alkmaar eerste schaatsmarathon" BN De Stem, 12 October 2009. 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."Marathonschaatsers toch geen Kazachen" Nieuws.nl, 3 January 2010. 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 Season Dutch Championships Single Distances Dutch Championships Allround World Championships Single Distances Olympic Games World Cup GWC European Championships Single Distances 2010–11 5000m 10000m 7th 5000/10000m 2011–12 5000m 10000m 10000m 5000/10000m mass start 5th Grand World Cup 2012–13 5000m 10000m 5000m 10000m 5000/10000m team pursuit 5th mass start Grand World Cup 2013–14 5000m 10000m 9th mass start 5000m 10000m 5000/10000m team pursuit Grand World Cup 2014–15 5000m 10000m 19th mass start 19th 500m 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m 4th overall 5000m 10000m 19th mass start 45th 1500m 5000/10000m 4th mass start 5th Grand World Cup 2015–16 13th 1500m 5000m DQ 10000m 5000m 21st mass start 5000/10000m 4th mass start team pursuit 2016–17 5000m 10000m 5000m 10000m team pursuit 14th mass start 5000/10000m mass start team pursuit 2017–18 5000m 10000m 10000m 21st mass start 7th team pursuit 2018–19 5000m 10000m 18th mass start 12th 5000m 10000m 22nd 5000/10000m 4th team pursuit 2019–20 5000m 10000m 12th mass start 8th 5000m 4th 10000m mass start 6th 5000/10000m 7th mass start 4th 5000m 19th mass start 2020–21 4th 5000m DQ 10000m 5th 5000m 10000m 7th mass start 6th 5000/10000m mass start 2021–22 5000m 10000m 17th mass start 5th 5000m 4th 10000m 9th mass start 5th 5000/10000m 5th mass start 5000m 6th mass start 2022–23 5000m 10000m mass start 4th 5000m 10000m 5th mass start 19th 5000/10000m 28th mass start 2025–2026 mass start 10000m 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 Championship Gold Silver Bronze Dutch Single Distances 9 8 4 World Single Distances5 70 Olympic Games 2 1 2 World Cup25 18 7 World Cup classification9 2 4 European Single Distances0 1 0

References

External links

Jorrit Bergsma at Milano Cortina 2026