Bettina Heim

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Bettina Heim
Heim at the 2011 World Championships
Born (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 (age 34)
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. 32nd 27th
European Champ. 28th
Crystal Skate 4th
Merano Cup
15th 4th
Mont Blanc 8th
Nebelhorn 17th
Ondrej Nepela
9th
Triglav Trophy 14th
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds 24th 19th
JGP Andorra 10th
JGP Croatia 20th 17th
JGP Czech Rep. 13th
JGP Estonia 15th
JGP Hungary 15th
JGP Romania 16th 6th
JGP U.K.
16th
EYOF 11th J.
Gardena
11th J.
National[4]
Swiss Champ. 1st J. 4th 2nd 2nd 4th 10th 2nd 1st
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. ^ a b c "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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