Jérôme Romain
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{DMA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1995 Mar del Plata | Triple Jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Gothenburg|Triple jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)}}
{{MedalSilver |1988 Kingston|Triple Jump}}
{{MedalBronze |1988 Kingston|Long Jump}}
{{MedalBottom}}
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
{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
colspan="6"|Representing {{DMA}} |
---|
rowspan=2|1989
|rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Bridgetown, Barbados |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Long jump |7.27 m |
bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump |15.06 m |
rowspan=2|1991
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |64th (h) |100 m |
33rd (q)
|Triple jump |
rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Stuttgart, Germany |28th (q) |Long jump |
11th
|Triple jump |
rowspan=3|1994
|Bondoufle, France |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Long jump |
rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games
|rowspan=2|Victoria, Canada |7th |Long jump |
4th
|Triple jump |
rowspan=5|1995
|rowspan=2|Pan American Games |rowspan=2|Mar del Plata, Argentina |8th |Long jump |
bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump |
rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships
|rowspan=2|Guatemala City, Guatemala |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Long jump |7.66 m (A) |
bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump |16.80 m (A) |
World Championships
|Gothenburg, Sweden |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Triple jump |
1996
|Atlanta, United States |12th |Triple jump |NM |
rowspan=3|1997
|Paris, France |9th |Triple jump |
Central American and Caribbean Championships
|bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple jump |17.53 m (w) |
World Championships
|Athens, Greece |6th |Triple jump |
1998
|6th |Triple jump |
colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |
1999
|Seville, Spain |7th |Triple jump |
2000
|European Indoor Championships |Ghent, Belgium |9th (q) |Triple jump |
2001
|Ottawa, Canada |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |
2002
|European Indoor Championships |Vienna, Austria |9th (q) |Triple jump |
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:{{cite web |url=http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/tjworldranking.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516181639/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/tjworldranking.pdf |archivedate=2008-05-16 }}
class="wikitable"
! Year !! Event !! Ranking | ||
1995 | Triple jump | 4th |
1997 | Triple jump | 8th |
1998 | Triple jump | 8th |
1999 | Triple jump | 9th |
References
External links
- {{World Athletics||name=Jérôme Romain}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-sports|oly}}
{{succession box
| before = First
Chris Lloyd
| title = Flagbearer for {{DMA}}
| years = Atlanta 1996
Beijing 2008
| after = Marcia Daniel
Erison Hurtault
}}
{{s-end}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romain, Jerome}}
Category:French male triple jumpers
Category:French male long jumpers
Category:Dominica male long jumpers
Category:Dominica triple jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Dominica
Category:University of Arkansas alumni
Category:Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Dominica
Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Dominica
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Dominica
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for France
Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games