Jérôme Romain

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Jérôme Romain (born June 12, 1971 in St. Martin ) is a former track and field athlete who mainly competed internationally in the triple jump . He was born on the French part of the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin , but initially represented the island state of Dominica internationally before receiving French citizenship in 1999 . In 2008, however, he accepted the Dominican again.

Athletic career

He celebrated his first international successes in the junior division when he won the silver medal in the triple jump and the bronze medal in the long jump at the CARIFTA Games in Bridgetown in 1989 . After he failed in qualifying in the triple jump at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 , he soon began to establish himself in the adult field. At the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 , he already finished eleventh in the same discipline. In 1994 he finished second in the long jump at the Jeux de la Francophonie in Paris.

The final breakthrough came Romain finally 1995. At the Athletics Central America and Caribbean Championships in Guatemala City, he won the title in the triple jump and the silver medal in the long jump. He won another silver medal in the triple jump at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata , where he was eighth in the long jump. By far the most important success of his career, however, he celebrated at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg . With a width of 17.59 m, he won the bronze medal in the triple jump behind Britons Jonathan Edwards (18.29 m, world record) and Brian Wellman from Bermuda (17.62 m). It was the first ever medal win at World Athletics Championships for a Dominican athlete. In the qualification Romain had also set a personal best with 17.48 m. His distance from the final is not on the list because of the strong tailwind.

Romain started in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in the triple jump and qualified for the final. However, he was unable to compete there due to an injury. In 1997 he defended his triple jump title at the Central American and Caribbean Championships. He was also ninth at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris and sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Athens . After changing his citizenship, he won the French triple jump championship in 1999. At the following World Athletics Championships in Seville , he finished seventh for France in this discipline.

At the end of his career, Romain won the silver medal in the triple jump at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie in Ottawa. At the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2002 in Vienna, he failed in qualification.

Others

Jérôme Romain attended the University of Arkansas and obtained a master's degree in kinesiology there in 2000 . He then worked in the jumping area for four years as an assistant trainer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and then became an assistant trainer at Brown University . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 Romain looked after the Dominican athletics team and accompanied them at the opening ceremony as the flag bearer. He is 1.83 m tall and weighed 76 kg when he was active.

Top performances

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gbrathletics.com: CARIFTA Games (Under 20 Men)
  2. ↑ a b gbrathletics.com: Francophone Games
  3. ↑ a b gbrathletics.com: Central American and Caribbean Championships (Men)
  4. ↑ a b Brown Athletics: Jerome Romain Selected to Coach Dominica Olympic Team ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brownbears.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 21, 2008
  5. ↑ gbrathletics.com: French Championships
personal data
SURNAME Romain, Jérôme
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Martin , France