Gianni Romme

Gianni Romme

Gianni Romme skating against Bob de Jong in 2003
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1973-02-12) 12 February 1973 Lage Zwaluwe, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Website	www.gianniromme.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	1992
Coached by	Henk Gemser
Retired	2006
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 36.97 (2002) 1000 m: 1:14.33 (1999) 1500 m: 1:47.88 (2002) 3000 m: 3:40.02 (2002) 5000 m: 6:14.70 (2004) 10 000 m: 13:03.40 (2002)
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 5000 m 1998 Nagano 10,000 m 2002 Salt Lake City 10,000 m World Allround Championships 2000 Milwaukee Allround 2003 Gothenburg Allround World Single Distance Championships 1996 Hamar 10,000 m 1997 Warsaw 10,000 m 1998 Calgary 5000 m 1998 Calgary 10,000 m 1999 Heerenveen 5000 m 2000 Nagano 5000 m 2000 Nagano 10,000 m 1997 Warsaw 5000 m 1999 Heerenveen 10,000 m 1996 Hamar 5000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2004 Seoul 5000 m European Championships 2003 Heerenveen Allround

Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme (born 12 February 1973) is a Dutch marathoner and a former long track speed skater. He won two gold medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and was the World allround champion in 2000 and 2003. Romme has been a coach since the 2006–07 speed skating season.

Career

During his long track career, Romme prevailed in long distances (5000 and 10000 metres). His greatest triumphs came at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he won both events. Four years later, at the 2002 Winter Olympics, he captured the silver medal in the 10000 metre event, beaten only by compatriot Jochem Uytdehaage.

He has also won numerous gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships in both the 5000 m and the 10000 m, was two times World Allround Champion, and spent some time (118 days in total) at the top of the all-time world ranking, the Adelskalender.

As of 2006–07, Romme started his own coaching career. International speed skaters Anni Friesinger, Ralf van der Rijst and Risto Rosendahl decided to join his team. Romme himself wanted to continue his career, but announced at the opening day of the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships that he would no longer participate in long track speed skating, only in marathon speed skating.

Medal achievements

Year	EC Allround	Winter Olympics	WC Distances	WC Allround
1996	-		03 ! 5000m 01 ! 10000m	-
1997	-		02 ! 5000m 01 ! 10000m	-
1998	-	01 ! 5000m 01 ! 10000m	01 ! 5000m 01 ! 10000m	-
1999	15th		01 ! 5000m 02 ! 10000m	-
2000	-		01 ! 5000m 01 ! 10000m	01 !
2001	-		03 ! 5000m	-
2002	-	02 ! 10000m		DQ3
2003	01 !		-	01 !
2004	4th		03 ! 5000m 9th 10000m	-
2005	-		4th 10000m	-
2006	NQ19	-		-

- = did not participate

DQ3 = disqualification for the 3rd distance

NQ19 = did not qualify for the final distance, but was classified as 19th in the final standings.

Records

Personal records

Source: www.isu.org^[1] & SpeedskatingResults.com^[2]

Gianni Romme has an Adelskalender score of 149.570 points.

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gianni Romme.

• (Dutch) Official site
• Gianni Romme at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Photos of Gianni Romme

Awards
Preceded by Rintje Ritsma	Oscar Mathisen Award 2000	Succeeded by Hiroyasu Shimizu
Preceded by Marcel Wouda	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Pieter van den Hoogenband
Preceded by Rintje Ritsma	Ard Schenk Award 2001	Succeeded by Gerard van Velde