Bettina Heim
Heim at the 2011 World Championships
Born (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989
Herisau, Switzerland
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySwitzerland
Skating clubWinterthurer SC
Began skating1992
Retired2011

Bettina Heim (born 2 July 1989) was a Swiss competitive figure skater who now leads the language design team for Microsoft's Q# programming language.[1]

Figure skating career

She was the 2011 Swiss national champion, and competed at two World Junior Championships and two World Championships.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2010–2011
[2]
  • Faraway
    performed by Apocalyptica
  • Brandenburg
    by Black Violin
  • Fanfare
    by Black Violin
2007–2008
[3]
  • Le Voyage de l'Empereur
  • In un'altra vita

Competitive highlights

International[4]
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
World Champ.32nd27th
European Champ.28th
Crystal Skate4th
Merano Cup15th4th
Mont Blanc8th
Nebelhorn17th
Ondrej Nepela9th
Triglav Trophy14th
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds24th19th
JGP Andorra10th
JGP Croatia20th17th
JGP Czech Rep.13th
JGP Estonia15th
JGP Hungary15th
JGP Romania16th6th
JGP U.K.16th
EYOF11th J.
Gardena11th J.
National[4]
Swiss Champ.1st J.4th2nd2nd4th10th2nd1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level

Quantum physics and Q#

Heim completed her master's degree in quantum physics at ETH Zurich, advised by Matthias Troyer.[5]

References

  1. "About Bettina Heim". Microsoft Research.
  2. "Bettina HEIM: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
  3. "Bettina HEIM: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Bettina HEIM". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014.
  5. Bergamin, Fabio. "Giving it her all in both athletics and science". ETH News. Retrieved 6 November 2019.


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