Roberto Sighel
Roberto Sighel
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1967-02-17) 17 February 1967
Baselga di Pinè, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1984
Coached byMaurizio Marchetto
Retired2004
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)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)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1992 Allround
Silver medal – second place1991 Allround
Bronze medal – third place1995 Allround
Bronze medal – third place1998 Allround
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1998 Allround
Silver medal – second place1999 Allround
Bronze medal – third place1995 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 41.041 km (25.502 mi), skated in Calgary 24 March 1999; this record lasted until Henk Angenent skated 41.669 km (25.892 mi) 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).

Adelskalender

Very few skaters manage to stay within the top ten of the Adelskalender over several seasons. Sighel is among those few, as he was

  • no. 14 after the 1989 season,
  • no. 15 after 1990,
  • no. 9 after 1991,
  • no. 2 after 1992,
  • no. 3 after 1993,
  • no. 4 after 1994,
  • no. 4 after 1995,
  • no. 5 after 1996,
  • no. 7 after 1997,
  • no. 3 after 1998,
  • no. 3 after 1999,
  • no. 5 after 2000,
  • no. 13 after 2001,
  • and no. 10 at career finish at 2002.

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 36.93 15 March 2002 Heerenveen
1000 m 1:12.92 26 January 1999 Collalbo
1500 m 1:47.47 29 March 1998 Calgary
3000 m 3:46.80 19 March 1999 Calgary
5000 m 6:25.11 9 February 2002 Salt Lake City
10000 m 13:26.19 22 February 2002 Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[1]

World record

EventTimeDateVenue
Big combination157.15022 March 1992Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

References

  1. "Roberto Sighel". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. "Roberto Sighel". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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