Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme (born 12 February 1973) is a Dutch marathoner and a former long track

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. He won two gold medals at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

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

, where he won both events. Four years later, at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

, he captured the silver medal in the 10000 metre event, beaten only by compatriot

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. He has also won numerous gold medals at the

World Single Distance Championships The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union. History Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multiple ...

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

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, Ralf van der Rijst and

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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 The 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Assen at De Smelt ice rink on 3–5 November 2006. Although this tournament was held in 2006 it was the 2006 edition as it was part of the 2006–2007 speed skating season. Schedu ...

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

Tournament overview

Source: * DQ = Disqualified * DNQ = Did not qualify for the distance * NC = No classification * DNS = Did not start

World Cup overview

Source: :''– = Did not participate'' :''* = 10000m'' :''(b) = Division B''

Medals won

References

External links

Official siteGianni Romme at SpeedSkatingStats.comPhotos of Gianni Romme
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romme, Gianni 1973 births Living people Dutch male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands People from Drimmelen Olympic medalists in speed skating World record setters in speed skating Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Dutch speed skating coaches Dutch sports coaches Sportspeople from North Brabant