At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m. His coach is Jillert Anema.

On 10 October 2009 he won his first skating match (the Marathon), the DSB Bank Cup.

During the national championships in the Russian Chelyabinsk, Bergsma won the 5000 m in 6:28.21 and qualified for the World Cup.

[3] 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.