Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme (born 12 February 1973)^[1] 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.

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Gianni Romme

Gianni Romme skating against Bob de Jong in 2003
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1973-02-12) 12 February 1973 (age 51) Lage Zwaluwe, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Website	www.gianniromme.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	1992
Coached by	Henk Gemser
Retired	2006
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 36.97 (2002) 1000 m: 1:14.33 (1999) 1500 m: 1:47.88 (2002) 3000 m: 3:40.02 (2002) 5000 m: 6:14.70 (2004) 10 000 m: 13:03.40 (2002)
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 5000 m 1998 Nagano 10,000 m 2002 Salt Lake City 10,000 m World Allround Championships 2000 Milwaukee Allround 2003 Gothenburg Allround World Single Distance Championships 1996 Hamar 10,000 m 1997 Warsaw 10,000 m 1998 Calgary 5000 m 1998 Calgary 10,000 m 1999 Heerenveen 5000 m 2000 Nagano 5000 m 2000 Nagano 10,000 m 1997 Warsaw 5000 m 1999 Heerenveen 10,000 m 1996 Hamar 5000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2004 Seoul 5000 m European Championships 2003 Heerenveen Allround

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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.

More information Season, Dutch Championships Single Distances ...

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

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Source:^[4]

• DQ = Disqualified
• DNQ = Did not qualify for the distance
• NC = No classification
• DNS = Did not start

More information Season, 1500 meter ...

Season	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

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More information Season, 5000/10000 meter ...

Season	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

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– = Did not participate

* = 10000m

(b) = Division B