Bettina Heim Explained

Bettina Heim
Country:	Switzerland
Birth Date:	2 July 1989
Birth Place:	Herisau, Switzerland
Formercoach:	Nicole Brüngger-Skoda Jochen Iglowstein
Formerchoreographer:	Patrick Meier Grazia Covre
Skating Club:	Winterthurer SC
Currenttraininglocations:	Herisau Winterthur
Beganskating:	1992
Retired:	2011
Combined Total:	108.77
Combined Date:	2007 World Juniors
Sp Score:	44.90
Sp Date:	2010 Triglav Trophy
Fs Score:	68.43
Fs Date:	2007 World Juniors

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	Faraway performed by Apocalyptica	Brandenburg by Black Violin Fanfare by Black Violin
2007–2008	Le Voyage de l'Empereur	In un'altra vita

Competitive highlights

International
Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
align=left							32nd		27th
align=left						28th
align=left									4th
align=left								15th	4th
align=left	Mont Blanc							8th
align=left							17th
align=left									9th
align=left								14th
International: Junior
align=left				24th	19th
align=left				10th
align=left		20th		17th
align=left					13th
align=left						15th
align=left			15th
align=left			16th		6th
align=left						16th
align=left			11th J.
align=left		11th J.
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st J.	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	10th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Bettina Heim . Microsoft Research.
2. News: Bergamin . Fabio . Giving it her all in both athletics and science . 6 November 2019 . ETH News . ETHnews.