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 all-round 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.

Records Personal records

Source: www.isu.org & SpeedskatingResults.com

Gianni Romme has an Adelskalender score of 149.570 points.

World records EventResultDateLocationNotes5000 meter6:30.637 December 1997Heerenveen5000 meter6:22.208 February 1998Nagano10000 meter13:15.3317 February 1998Nagano5000 meter6:21.4927 March 1998Calgary10000 meter13:08.7129 March 1998Calgary5000 meter6:18.7230 January 2000Calgary3000 meter3:42.7511 August 2000Calgary10000 meter13:03.4026 November 2000Heerenveen

Tournament overview Season Dutch Championships Single Distances Dutch Championships Allround European Championships Allround World Championships Allround Olympic Games ISU World Cup World Championships Single Distances 1991–92 19th 500m 6th 5000m 19th 1500m 5th 10000m 9th overall 1992–93 11th 5000m 9th 10000m 13th 500m 9th 5000m 9th 1500m 9th 10000m 11th overall 1993–94 12th 1000m 9th 1500m 5th 5000m 6th 10000m 9th 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 4th 10000m 6th overall 1994–95 6th 1500m 17th 5000m 4th 10000m 16th 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall 1995–96 5000m 10000m 19th 1500m 5000/10000m 5000m 10000m 1996–97 15th 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 10000m overall 11th 1500m 5000/10000m 5000m 10000m 1997–98 5000m 10000m 46th 1500m 5000/10000m 5000m 10000m 1998–99 12th 1500m 5000m 10000m 16th 500m 12th 5000m 20th 1500m 7th 10000m 15th overall 4th 5000/10000m 5000m 10000m 1999–2000 8th 500m 5000m 5th 1500m 10000m overall 12th 500m 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m overall 15th 1500m 5000/10000m 5000m 10000m 2000–01 1500m 5000m 13th 500m 5th 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall 11th 1500m 5000/10000m 5000m 2001–02 15th 1500m 5000m 6th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall 12th 500m 5000m DQ 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall 10000m 5000/10000m 2002–03 4th 1500m 5000m 5th 10000m 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall 17th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall 17th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall 29th 1500m 5th 5000/10000m 2003–04 7th 1500m 5th 5000m 7th 10000m 15th 500m 4th 5000m 8th 1500m 4th 10000m 4th overall 16th 500m 5000m 8th 1500m 10000m 4th overall 7th 5000/10000m 5000m 9th 10000m 2004–05 5000m 10000m 10th 500m 5000m 8th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall 5000/10000m 4th 10000m 2005–06 11th 1500m 5th 5000m 5th 10000m 16th 500m 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m 6th overall 27th 500m 12th 5000m 18th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall 19th 5000/10000m Source: DQ = Disqualified DNQ = Did not qualify for the distance NC = No classification DNS = Did not start

World Cup overview Season1500 meter 1994–1995 1995–1996 – 11th – – 13th 1996–1997 11th – 9th DQ 9th 1997–1998 23rd – 9th(b) – – – 1998–1999 1999–2000 5th 4th – – – 2000–2001 4th – – – 2001–2002 2002–2003 – 1st(b) 10th – – – 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 Season5000/10000 meter 1994–1995 – – – 24th – – – 1995–1996 6th * 1996–1997 7th* 1997–1998 * – – 1998–1999 * 18th – 1999–2000 * – 2000–2001 * 11th 2001–2002 2002–2003 8th 5th 9th* – 5th 2003–2004 4th – – 5th 4th* 2004–2005 * 4th 7th 4th* 2005–2006 14th 17th 13th* – 13th Source: – = Did not participate * = 10000m (b) = Division B

Medals won ChampionshipGold Silver Bronze Dutch Single Distances 6 3 1 Dutch Allround Single Distances 8 4 2 Dutch Allround Classification 3 0 1 European Allround Single Distances 3 1 1 European Allround 1 0 0 World Allround Single Distances 4 0 1 World Allround Classification 2 0 0 World Single Distances 7 2 3 World Cup Single Distances 22 10 5 World Cup Classification 4 2 1Olympic Games 2 1 0Total 62 23 15

References

External links

Official site Gianni Romme at SpeedSkatingStats.com Photos of Gianni Romme