Country United States Height 1.78 m Sport Speed skating Weight 73 kg | Name Heather Richardson Spouse Jorrit Bergsma Role Speed Skater | |
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Born March 20, 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-03-20 ) High Point, North Carolina Parents Jeff Richardson, Pat Richardson Similar People Brittany Bowe, Jorrit Bergsma, Ireen Wust, Marrit Leenstra, Thijsje Oenema Profiles | ||
Heather Richardson becomes Speed Skating Sprint Champ - Universal Sports
Heather Bergsma (née Richardson; born March 20, 1989) is an American speed skater who has competed since 2006. She 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. At the 2011 World Single Distance Championships in Inzell, Germany, she won a bronze medal in the 1000 metres. She also placed 8th in the 500 metres, and was part of the team pursuit team that finished in 8th place. On January 26–27, 2013, Richardson won the gold medal at the 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, United States. She has since won several world championship medals, and earned numerous podium placings in the World Cup.
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Richardson is the current world record holder in the 2 x 500 meters and the 1500 metres, as well as the current American record holder on the 500 metres distance. She also briefly held the 1000 metres world record in November 2015, and the sprint combination world record from 2013 to 2017.
Richardson married Dutch speed skater and marathon skater Jorrit Bergsma in May 2015, and competed as Heather Richardson-Bergsma the following season.
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