Darlan Romani
Romani at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)Sr. Incrivel
English: Mr. Incredible
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991
Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventShot put
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Brazil
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 BelgradeShot put
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaShot put
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoShot put
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2015 MungyeongShot put
Gold medal – first place2019 WuhanShot put
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 CochabambaShot put
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoShot put
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 AsunciónShot put
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaShot put
Silver medal – second place2013 CartagenaShot put
Silver medal – second place2015 LimaShot put
Ibero-American Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroShot put
Silver medal – second place2014 São PauloShot put
Bronze medal – third place2012 BarquisimetoShot put
Representing Americas
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 OstravaShot put
Updated on 19 March 2022.

Darlan Romani (born 9 April 1991 in Concórdia) is a Brazilian track and field athlete specialising in the shot put.[1][2][3] Indoor World Champion in 2022, he also finished 4th at the 2020 Olympic Games, 4th at the 2019 World Championships, and was champion of the 2019 Pan American Games.

Professional athletics career

Darlan has had the Brazilian shot put record since 2012. Since then, he has broken the record so often that even he doesn’t know exactly how many national records he beat. He surpassed the mark again and again in early 2015 when he reached 20.90m.[4]

He is the first Brazilian to qualify for the Shot Put at the Olympics in 80 years - Antonio Pereira Lira was the last who did it, at the Berlin Games, in 1936.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the Men's shot put, he broke the Brazilian record two times (20.94 meters in the qualifying round and 21.02 meters in the final), finishing 5th. It was the best participation of a Brazilian in the event.[5]

On June 3, 2017, he broke the South American record once again with 21.82 during the Brazilian leg of the IAAF World Challenge, São Bernardo do Campo.

In March 2018, he finished 4th place in the Indoor World Championship, with a 21.37 mark, a new indoor South American record.[6]

In early September 2018, representing the Americas in the IAAF Continental Cup, Darlan won gold with a 21.89 weight-shot, defeating 2017 World Champion Tom Walsh.[7]

On September 15, 2018, became the first South American to reach the mark of 22 m. In the Brazil Trophy, he got the exact mark of 22.00, again breaking the South American record. Fewer than 30 athletes have achieved this mark throughout the history of the event.[8]

At the end of 2018, he won the trophy for Best Athlete in Athletics at the Brazil Olympic Award.[9] He finished 5th in the world ranking of Shot Put in 2018.

In June 2019, at the Eugene stage of the Diamond League, he obtained the 10th-best mark (by athlete) in History in the Shot Put, 22.61. He broke the South American record three times in the same event (22.46, 22.55, and 22.61). This would have given him gold in any Olympics or World Championships.[10]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, even though he had a throat infection that left him with a severe fever the day before the race, he won the gold medal, beating the Pan American Games record, with the mark of 22.07 m.[11]

In the Diamond League 2019, he finished as runner-up overall.[12]

At the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar, the greatest and strongest competition of all time in the Shot Put was held. Tom Walsh threw 22.90m on the first try. Romani threw 22.53m on his second attempt, which put him in second place at that moment. American Ryan Crouser threw 22.71m on his fourth attempt, putting Romani back in 3rd place. On their last puts, the American Joe Kovacs threw 22.91m, and Crouser got 22.90m, both finishing with gold and silver, with Walsh finishing with the bronze. Romani finished in 4th place, the only one who put over 22 m, along with the three medalists. It was the best result for Brazil in World Championships in this competition. Since 1990 no one had thrown a weight over 22.80m, and the top four places in this competition (including Romani) broke the World Championship record of 22.23m.

Romani had several complications with training in 2020 and 2021: he and his family got COVID. Darlan lost 10 kg in 14 days. Because his training center was closed in 2020, he had to improvise on the ground next to his house. Without proper training equipment, in early 2021, pain from a herniated disc forced Darlan to take a break for 45 days of rehabilitation. Romani also had problems with not being able to train with his coach for several months.[13] Romani overcame these adversities and qualified for the Olympics. Taking part in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Romani calmly qualified for the final with a mark of 21.31.[14] In the final, Romani had a good first shot of 21.88, but, not being in his best form due to problems in the period before the Games, he couldn't get a shot over 22 meters in the later shots, finishing in 4th place. The bronze medal went to Tom Walsh with 22.47. The 4th position, however, is the best in the history of Brazil in this event in the Olympic Games.[15]

On March 19, 2022, Romani achieved the biggest feat of his career by becoming World Champion, defeating Ryan Crouser, current world record holder and Olympic champion of the event, who hadn't lost a competition in the last three years. Romani far surpassed his South American indoor record of 21.71, which had been set a month earlier. He achieved the mark of 22.53, beating the record of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.[16]

Personal bests

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
Representing  Brazil
2008 South American Youth Championships Lima, Peru 2nd Shot put (5 kg) 17.06 m
2009 South American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 16.99 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 7th Shot put (6 kg) 18.58 m
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 3rd Shot put 18.93 m
South American U23 Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st Shot put 19.93 m
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 2nd Shot put 19.64 m
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 2nd Shot put 19.96 m
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd Shot put 19.64 m
Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 2nd Shot put 20.03 m A
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 2nd Shot put 20.32 m
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 6th Shot put 19.74 m
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (q) Shot put 19.86 m
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 1st Shot put 20.08 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 18th Shot put 18.50 m (NR)
Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Shot put 19.67 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th Shot put 21.02 m (NR)
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 1st Shot put 21.02 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 15th (q) Shot put 20.21 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th Shot put 21.37 m
South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st Shot put 21.21 m
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 1st Shot put 20.74 m
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 1st Shot put 21.89 m[17]
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st Shot put 21.00 m
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st Shot put 22.07 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th Shot put 22.53 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 4th Shot put 21.88 m
2022 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st Shot put 21.71 m
World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Shot put 22.53 m
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 1st Shot put 21.70 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 5th Shot put 21.92 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th Shot put 21.41 m
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st Shot put 21.36 m

References

  1. ↑ Darlan Romani at World Athletics
  2. ↑ A Equipe - Atletas Masculino - Perfil - Darlan Romani (in Portuguese), Clube de Atletismo BM&F Bovespa, archived from the original on August 27, 2016, retrieved May 5, 2014
  3. ↑ Biografía - General - ROMANI Darlan - Brasil (in Spanish), retrieved May 5, 2014
  4. ↑ Kestelman, Amanda; Marques, Fabrício; Rebello, Helena; Guerra, Marcos (18 August 2016). "Com só um arremesso, Darlan bate recorde brasileiro e vai à final em 3º". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese).
  5. ↑ "Darlan volta a bater recorde nacional e fecha em quinto no arremesso do peso" [Darlan hits again the national record and closes fifth in Shot Put]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 18 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Darlan crava recorde, mas bate na trave e é 4º no arremesso de peso no Mundial Indoor" [Darlan scores record, but finishes 4th in the Indoor World Championship]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 3 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Darlan e Vitória vencem suas provas e ajudam as Américas na Copa Continental" [Darlan and Vitória win and help the Americas in the Continental Cup]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 8 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Histórico! Darlan Romani bate recorde sul-americano e alcança barreira dos 22m no arremesso do peso" [Historic! Darlan Romani hits South American record and reaches 22m barrier]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 15 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Darlan recebe o Prêmio de Melhor do Atletismo 2018" [Darlan receives the Best Athletics Award in 2018]. Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo (in Portuguese). 18 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Darlan Romani faz história, bate o recorde sul-americano por 3 vezes e vence a Diamond League" [Darlan Romani makes history, beats South American record three times and wins the Diamond League]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 3 June 2019.
  11. ↑ Merguizo, Marcel (7 August 2019). "Darlan Romani sobra no arremesso do peso, conquista o ouro e bate o recorde do Pan" [Romani easily wins the Pan American Games and wins gold]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese).
  12. ↑ "Darlan Romani leva a prata na Bélgica e é vice-campeão geral da Diamond League 2019" [Romani gets silver in Belgium and finished runner-up at Diamond League 2019]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 5 September 2019.
  13. ↑ Moraes, Diego; Dillon, Lorena (19 July 2021). "Covid, lesão e quebra de recorde: os obstáculos de Darlan Romani às vésperas das Olimpíadas". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese).
  14. ↑ "Darlan Romani se emociona após vaga na final em Tóquio: "Vamos atrás desse sonho"". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 3 August 2021.
  15. ↑ Costa, Guilherme (5 August 2021). "Darlan Romani fica em quarto lugar no arremesso do peso das Olimpíadas". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese).
  16. ↑ "Darlan Romani faz melhor marca da carreira, supera bi olímpico e é ouro no Mundial Indoor". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). March 19, 2022.
  17. ↑ 21.89m was his best result in the event. In the final throw, which gave him first place, Romani did 21.68m
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