# Gianni Romme

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

Personal records :
| Men's speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 meter | 36.97 | 2 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 meter | 1:14.33 | 11 December 1999 | Inzell | |
| 1500 meter | 1:47.88 | 2 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 meter | 3:40.02 | 3 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | |
| 5000 meter | 6:14.70 | 20 November 2004 | Berlin | |
| 10000 meter | 13:03.40 | 26 November 2000 | Heerenveen | |
Source: www.isu.org & SpeedskatingResults.com
Gianni Romme has an Adelskalender score of 149.570 points.

### World records

| Event | Result | Date | Location |
| 5000 meter | 6:30.63 | 7 December 1997 | Heerenveen |
| 5000 meter | 6:22.20 | 8 February 1998 | Nagano |
| 10000 meter | 13:15.33 | 17 February 1998 | Nagano |
| 5000 meter | 6:21.49 | 27 March 1998 | Calgary |
| 10000 meter | 13:08.71 | 29 March 1998 | Calgary |
| 5000 meter | 6:18.72 | 30 January 2000 | Calgary |
| 3000 meter | 3:42.75 | 11 August 2000 | Calgary |
| 10000 meter | 13:03.40 | 26 November 2000 | Heerenveen |

## 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 | | ALKMAAR 19th 500m 6th 5000m 19th 1500m 5th 10000m 9th overall | | | | | |
| 1992–93 | DEVENTER 11th 5000m 9th 10000m | ASSEN 13th 500m 9th 5000m 9th 1500m 9th 10000m 11th overall | | | | | |
| 1993–94 | HEERENVEEN 12th 1000m 9th 1500m 5th 5000m 6th 10000m | THE HAGUE 9th 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 4th 10000m 6th overall | | | | | |
| 1994–95 | THE HAGUE 6th 1500m 17th 5000m 4th 10000m | ASSEN 16th 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall | | | | | |
| 1995–96 | GRONINGEN 5000m 10000m | | | | | 19th 1500m 5000/10000m | HAMAR 5000m 10000m |
| 1996–97 | | ASSEN 15th 500m 5000m 6th 1500m 10000m overall | | | | 11th 1500m 5000/10000m | WARSAW 5000m 10000m |
| 1997–98 | | | | | NAGANO 5000m 10000m | 46th 1500m 5000/10000m | CALGARY 5000m 10000m |
| 1998–99 | GRONINGEN 12th 1500m 5000m 10000m | | HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 12th 5000m 20th 1500m 7th 10000m 15th overall | | | 4th 5000/10000m | HEERENVEEN 5000m 10000m |
| 1999–2000 | | THE HAGUE 8th 500m 5000m 5th 1500m 10000m overall | | MILWAUKEE 12th 500m 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m overall | | 15th 1500m 5000/10000m | NAGANO 5000m 10000m |
| 2000–01 | THE HAGUE 1500m 5000m | HEERENVEEN 13th 500m 5th 5000m DNS 1500m DNS 10000m NC overall | | | | 11th 1500m 5000/10000m | SALT LAKE CITY 5000m |
| 2001–02 | GRONINGEN 15th 1500m 5000m | ALKMAAR 6th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | HEERENVEEN 12th 500m 5000m DQ 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | SALT LAKE CITY 10000m | 5000/10000m | |
| 2002–03 | UTRECHT 4th 1500m 5000m 5th 10000m | ASSEN 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | HEERENVEEN 17th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | GÖTENBORG 17th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | 29th 1500m 5th 5000/10000m | |
| 2003–04 | HEERENVEEN 7th 1500m 5th 5000m 7th 10000m | EINDHOVEN 15th 500m 4th 5000m 8th 1500m 4th 10000m 4th overall | HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 5000m 8th 1500m 10000m 4th overall | | | 7th 5000/10000m | SEOUL 5000m 9th 10000m |
| 2004–05 | ASSEN 5000m 10000m | HEERENVEEN 10th 500m 5000m 8th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall | | | | 5000/10000m | INZELL 4th 10000m |
| 2005–06 | HEERENVEEN 11th 1500m 5th 5000m 5th 10000m | UTRECHT 16th 500m 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m 6th overall | HAMAR 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

| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 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 | | | | | | |
| Season | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 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

| Championship | Gold | 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 | 1 |
| Olympic Games | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 62 | 23 | 15 |