Bettina Heim (born 2 July 1989) is a former Swiss competitive figure skater who now leads the language design team for Microsoft's Q# programming language.[1]
| Bettina Heim | |
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 Heim at the 2011 World Championships | |
| Born | 2 July 1989 Herisau, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Skating club | Winterthurer SC |
| Began skating | 1992 |
| Retired | 2011 |
Figure skating career
editShe was the 2011 Swiss national champion, and competed at two World Junior Championships and two World Championships.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2010–2011 [2] |
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| 2007–2008 [3] |
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Competitive highlights
edit| International[4] | ||||||||
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| 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#
editHeim completed her master's degree in quantum physics at ETH Zurich, advised by Matthias Troyer[5] and currently leads the Q# language development effort for Microsoft.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "About Bettina Heim". Microsoft Research.
- ^ "Bettina HEIM: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
- ^ "Bettina HEIM: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Bettina HEIM". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014.
- ^ Bergamin, Fabio. "Giving it her all in both athletics and science". ETH News. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "The Women of QuArC". 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Intro to Q# - Intro to Quantum Software Development". stem.mitre.org.
External links
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