{{Short description|Swiss figure skater (born 1989)}} {{Infobox figure skater |name=Bettina Heim |image= 2011 WFSC 5d 042 Bettina Heim.JPG |caption= Heim at the 2011 World Championships |country= Switzerland |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1989|7|2|df=yes}} |birth_place= Herisau, Switzerland |height= {{height|m=1.55}} |skating club= Winterthurer SC |beganskating= 1992 |retired= 2011 | medalrecord = {{Figure skating infobox medals|nationals=Swiss |NC = {{FS medal|g|NC|nationals=Swiss|2011|Zug|w}}{{FS medal|s|NC|nationals=Swiss|2006|Biasca|w}}{{FS medal|s|NC|nationals=Swiss|2007|Geneva|w}}{{FS medal|s|NC|nationals=Swiss|2010|Lugano|w}} }} }}
'''Bettina Heim''' (born 2 July 1989) is a former Swiss competitive figure skater who now works on the CUDA-Q team at Nvidia<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=From loop jumps to quantum leaps • ETH Zürich Foundation |url=https://ethz-foundation.ch/en/spotlight/bettina-heim-eth-globe/ |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=ETH Zürich Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> after spending several years leading the language design team for Microsoft's Q# programming language.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Bettina Heim |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/beheim/ |publisher=Microsoft Research}}</ref>
==Figure skating career== She was the 2011 Swiss national champion, and competed at two World Junior Championships and two World Championships.
== Programs == {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2010–2011 <br /><ref name=bio1011/> | * Faraway <br /><small> performed by Apocalyptica </small> | * Brandenburg * Fanfare <br /><small> by Black Violin </small> |- ! 2007–2008 <br /><ref name=bio0708/> | * Le Voyage de l'Empereur | * In un'altra vita |}
==Competitive highlights== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | '''International'''<ref name=isucr/> |- ! Event ! 2003–04 ! 2004–05 ! 2005–06 ! 2006–07 ! 2007–08 ! 2008–09 ! 2009–10 ! 2010–11 |- | align=left | World Champ. || || || || || || 32nd || || 27th |- | align=left | European Champ. || || || || || 28th || || || |- | align=left | Crystal Skate || || || || || || || || 4th |- | align=left | Merano Cup || || || || || || || 15th || 4th |- | align=left | Mont Blanc || || || || || || || 8th || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn || || || || || || 17th || || |- | align=left | Ondrej Nepela || || || || || || || || 9th |- | align=left | Triglav Trophy || || || || || || || 14th || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | '''International: Junior'''<ref name=isucr/> |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || || || 24th || 19th || || || || |- | align=left | JGP Andorra || || || 10th || || || || || |- | align=left | JGP Croatia || 20th || || 17th || || || || || |- | align=left | JGP Czech Rep. || || || || 13th || || || || |- | align=left | JGP Estonia || || || || || 15th || || || |- | align=left | JGP Hungary || || 15th || || || || || || |- | align=left | JGP Romania || || 16th || || 6th || || || || |- | align=left | JGP U.K. || || || || || 16th || || || |- | align=left | EYOF || || 11th J. || || || || || || |- | align=left | Gardena || 11th J. || || || || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | '''National'''<ref name=isucr/> |- | align=left | Swiss Champ. || bgcolor=gold | 1st J. || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 4th || 10th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st |- | colspan=9 align=center | <small> JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level </small> |}
==Quantum physics and Q#== Heim completed her master's degree in quantum physics at ETH Zurich, advised by Matthias Troyer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergamin |first1=Fabio |title=Giving it her all in both athletics and science |url=https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2015/04/giving-it-her-all-in-both-athletics-and-science.html |accessdate=6 November 2019 |work=ETH News |ref=ETHnews}}</ref> She now works on the CUDA-Q as a software engineering manager<ref name=":0" /> after spending several years leading the Q# language development effort for Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/qsharp/the-women-of-quarc/ | title=The Women of QuArC | date=30 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Intro to Q# - Intro to Quantum Software Development |url=https://stem.mitre.org/quantum/software-tools/intro-qsharp.html |website=stem.mitre.org}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=isucr>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00006705.htm |title= Competition Results: Bettina HEIM |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140423132154/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00006705.htm |archivedate= 23 April 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=bio0708>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006705.htm |title= Bettina HEIM: 2007/2008 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114214043/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006705.htm |archivedate= 14 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=bio1011>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006705.htm |title=Bettina HEIM: 2010/2011 |publisher=International Skating Union |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114214043/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006705.htm |archivedate=2010-01-14 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Bettina Heim}} * {{ISU figure skater|00006705|Bettina Heim}}
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