# Jérôme Romain

Jérôme Romain (born June 12, 1971 in Saint-Martin, France) is a former world-class track and field athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.
Born on Saint-Martin, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, Romain represented Dominica before 1999, and France thereafter.
Romain competed collegiately for Blinn College and the University of Arkansas. He graduated from Arkansas in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology/athletic training. He received his master's degree in kinesiology/exercise science from Arkansas in 2000.
Romain was the assistant coach for jumps at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for four years following his graduation. He then became the jumps coach at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
In 2008, Romain was selected to coach the Dominica track and field team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In addition, he was given the honor of carrying the national flag at the Opening Ceremonies. Romain is now the assistant jumps coach at the University of Tennessee.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Dominica ||||||
| 1989 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3rd | Long jump | 7.27 m |
| 1989 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | Triple jump | 15.06 m |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 64th (h) | 100 m | 11.09 |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 33rd (q) | Triple jump | 15.49 m |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 28th (q) | Long jump | 7.62 m |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 11th | Triple jump | 16.98 m |
| 1994 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Bondoufle, France | 2nd | Long jump | 7.81 m |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 7th | Long jump | 7.69 m |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 4th | Triple jump | 16.61 m |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 8th | Long jump | 7.30 m |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.24 m |
| 1995 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Long jump | 7.66 m (A) |
| 1995 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Triple jump | 16.80 m (A) |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.59 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th | Triple jump | NM |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 9th | Triple jump | 16.52 m |
| 1997 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | Triple jump | 17.53 m (w) |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th | Triple jump | 17.17 m |
| 1998 | Goodwill Games | Uniondale, United States | 6th | Triple jump | 16.84 m |
| Representing France ||||||
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | Triple jump | 17.10 m |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 9th (q) | Triple jump | 16.45 m |
| 2001 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Ottawa, Canada | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.29 m |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 9th (q) | Triple jump | 16.51 m |

## Personal bests

Outdoor
* Triple jump - 17.59 m (1995)
* Long jump - 7.90 m (1993)
* 100 metres - 10.70 (1992)
Indoor
* Triple jump - 17.03 m (1998)

## World rankings

Romain was ranked among the top ten triple jumpers in the world by Track and Field News on four occasions:
| Year | Event | Ranking |
| 1995 | Triple jump | 4th |
| 1997 | Triple jump | 8th |
| 1998 | Triple jump | 8th |
| 1999 | Triple jump | 9th |