Roberto Sighel

Roberto Sighel
Roberto Sighel
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1967-02-17) 17 February 1967 (age 57)
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 place 1992 Allround
Silver medal – second place 1991 Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Allround
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Allround
Silver medal – second place 1999 Allround
Bronze medal – third place 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 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).

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