Roberto Sighel

{{short description|Italian speed skater}}

{{Infobox speed skater

| nationality = Italian

| name = Roberto Sighel

| image = Roberto Sighel.JPG

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Roberto Sighel

| headercolor = #d7ecff

| country = Italy

| club =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baselga di Pinè, Italy

| death_date =

| death_place =

| coach = Maurizio Marchetto

| height = 1.68 m

| weight = 66 kg

| turnedpro = 1984

| retired = 2004

| pb = 500 m: 36.93 (2002)
1000 m: 1:12.92 (1999)
1500 m: 1:47.47 (1998)
3000 m: 3:46.80 (1999)
5000 m: 6:25.11 (2002)
10 000 m: 13:26.19 (2002)

| website =

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Men's speed skating}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1992 |Allround}}

{{MedalSilver|1991 |Allround}}

{{MedalBronze|1995 |Allround}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 |Allround}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1998 |Allround}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 |Allround}}

{{MedalBronze|1995 |Allround}}

}}

Roberto Sighel (born 17 February 1967) is an Italian former speedskater, with particularly strong achievements in the allround samalogue competitions.

Sighel was born in Trento. His skating career was unusually long, competing at top international level from 1988 to 2002. He participated in each of the 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002 Olympics, with 7th place his best result (10,000-m 1988, 5000-m 2002).

Sighel won the 1992 World Allround Championships, where he set a world record with 157.150 (37.38, 6:43,91, 1:52,38, 13:58,39). He also held the world record for one hour skating, with {{convert|41.041|km|3|abbr=on}}, skated in Calgary 24 March 1999; this record lasted until Henk Angenent skated {{convert|41.669|km|3|abbr=on}} on 12 March 2004, also in Calgary.

In the World Allround Championships series, his results were 23 (1987), 6 (1988), 15 (1989), 2 (1991), 1 (1992), 6 (1993), 13 (1994), 3 (1995), 13 (1996), 22 (1997), 3 (1998), 4 (1999), 19 (2001), 7 (2002).

His son Pietro Sighel and daughter Arianna Sighel are both members of Italy's national short track speed skating team.