Women
HUN
Bernadett Heidum
HUN- Date of birth25 May 1988
- Height1700 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownBudapest
- Place of birthBudapest
- Start skating Club She took up short track at age eight in Budapest, Hungary. MTK Budapest: Hungary
- HobbiesReading, music, going to the cinema. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- LanguagesEnglish, Hungarian
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
She was Hungary's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (olympic.org, 07 Feb 2014)
"Never give up." (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
Bulgarian short track skater and track cyclist Evgenia Radanova. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
Her father. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
In 2015 she was diagnosed with necrosis in her hip. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
In 2005 she suffered a broken ankle. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
In 2005 she suffered a broken ankle. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
Finishing fourth in the B final [ninth overall] of the 1500m at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
RETIREMENT
She retired from competitive short track in March 2018. "I would like to thank everyone who stood by me through the good and bad times and helped me throughout my career. I gave more than 20 years of my life to this sport, but I got enough experience for 100 lives." (nemzetisport.hu, 03 Mar 2020; olimpia.hu, 28 Mar 2018)
She retired from competitive short track in March 2018. "I would like to thank everyone who stood by me through the good and bad times and helped me throughout my career. I gave more than 20 years of my life to this sport, but I got enough experience for 100 lives." (nemzetisport.hu, 03 Mar 2020; olimpia.hu, 28 Mar 2018)
She was a national junior champion in track cycling in Hungary. (sportgeza.hu, 2010)
She followed her older sister into the sport.
