Gianni Romme

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Speed Skating
Gold 1998 Nagano 5,000 m
Gold 1998 Nagano 10,000 m
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City 10,000 m

Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme (born February 12, 1973 in Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch marathon and a former long track speed skater. He is also a coach since the 2006-07 speed skating season.

During his long track career Romme was strongest on the longest distances (5,000 and 10,000 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 10,000 metres, beaten only by compatriot Jochem Uytdehaage.

He has also won numerous gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships in both the 5,000 m and the 10,000 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, but only in marathon speed skating.

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[edit] Medal achievements

jaar EC Allround Winter Olympics WC Distances WC Allround
1996 - image:brons.png 5000m
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1997 - image:zilver.png 5000m
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1998 - image:goud.png 5000m
image:goud.png 10000m
image:goud.png 5000m
image:goud.png 10000m
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1999 15th image:goud.png 5000m
image:zilver.png 10000m
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2000 - image:goud.png 5000m
image:goud.png 10000m
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2001 - image:brons.png 5000m -
2002 - image:zilver.png 10000m DQ3
2003 image:goud.png - image:goud.png
2004 4th image:brons.png 5000m
9e 10000m
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2005 - 4th 10000m -
2006 NQ19 - -
- = did not participate
DQ3 = disqualification for the 3rd distance
NQ19 = did not qualify for rhe final distance, but was classified as 19th in the final standings.

[edit] World records

Distance Time Date Location
5,000 m 6:30.63 7 December 1997 Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:22.20 8 February 1998 Nagano
10,000 m 13:15.33 17 February 1998 Nagano
5,000 m 6:21.49 27 February 1998 Calgary
10,000 m 13:08.71 29 March 1998 Calgary
5,000 m 6:18.72 30 January 2000 Calgary
3,000 m 3:42.75 11 August 2000 Calgary
10,000 m 13:03.40 26 November 2000 Heerenveen

[edit] Personal records

Distance Time
500 m 36.97
1,000 m 1:14.33
1,500 m 1:47.88
3,000 m 3:40.02
5,000 m 6:14.70
10,000 m 13:03.40

Gianni Romme has an Adelskalender score of 149.570 points.

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Leaders of the Adelskalender

Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhanni Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick


Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating
1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Ivar Ballangrud | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Reidar Liaklev | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Boris Shilkov | 1960: Viktor Kosichkin  | 1964: Knut Johannesen | 1968: Fred Anton Maier | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Sten Stensen | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Tomas Gustafson | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Geir Karlstad | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Chad Hedrick 


Olympic champions in men's 10000 m speed skating
1924: Julius Skutnabb | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Åke Seyffarth | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Sigvard Ericsson | 1960: Knut Johannesen  | 1964: Jonny Nilsson | 1968: Johnny Höglin | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Piet Kleine | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Igor Malkov | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Bart Veldkamp | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Bob de Jong 



Preceded by
Marcel Wouda
Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1998
Succeeded by
Pieter van den Hoogenband


Preceded by
Rintje Ritsma
Oscar Mathisen Award
2000
Succeeded by
Hiroyasu Shimizu