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Jérôme Romain: the Sandy Ground-born triple jumper who won 1995 world bronze

Born in Sandy Ground, Saint-Martin, in 1971, triple jumper Jérôme Romain won world bronze for Dominica in 1995, competed at the 1996 Olympics, later represented France and became a jumps coach in the United States.

By SXM Daily ·

Jérôme Romain is a triple jumper born on 12 June 1971 in Sandy Ground, Saint-Martin. Competing for Dominica, he won bronze at the 1995 World Championships in Göteborg and reached the final at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; he later competed for France and went on to coach athletics at universities in the United States.

Illustrative: Sandy Ground, Saint-Martin

Illustrative photo: LittleT889, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Early life

Sandy Ground lies beside Marigot, the French side's capital. His birth date and birthplace are given by Olympedia and Domnitjen Magazine, and World Athletics gives the same date. Domnitjen says he grew up and went to school in Portsmouth, Dominica.

1995 season

At the 1995 World Championships in Göteborg he took triple jump bronze with a wind-assisted 17.59 m on 7 August, World Athletics results show. That year he also won triple jump gold at the Central American and Caribbean Championships, according to Domnitjen and World Athletics, and silver at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, according to Olympedia and Domnitjen.

Olympics

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics he finished 12th in the final, and he carried Dominica's flag at the opening ceremonies in 1996 and 2008, Olympedia and Domnitjen report. Another athlete from Saint-Martin has since reached the Games: Amandha Sylvès played volleyball for France at Paris 2024, SXM Daily reported.

Nationality

According to Olympedia, Romain took French nationality on 16 March 1999 and took back Dominican nationality on 10 January 2008.

Coaching

He graduated from the University of Arkansas and later coached at the University of Tennessee, Olympedia and Domnitjen report. Olympedia adds that he graduated in 1996 after attending Blinn Junior College, earned a master's degree from Arkansas in 2000, coached jumps at Wisconsin and Brown, and coached Dominica's athletics team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Sources

  • https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67028
  • http://www.domnitjen.com/profiles/profile_romainj.html
  • https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/jerome-romain-14187416
  • https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/5th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-6997728/results/men/triple-jump/final/result

Source: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67028

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