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Sjinkie Knegt

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Sjinkie Knegt
Knegt in 2009
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)
Bantega, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportShort track speed skating
ClubShorttrack Club Thialf
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 40.263 (2018)
1000 m: 1:22.413 (2018)
1500 m: 2:07.943 WR (2016)
3000 m: 4:38.905 (2002)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Montreal 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Overall
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rotterdam 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rotterdam 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dordrecht 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 Shanghai 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Debrecen 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Montreal 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rotterdam Overall
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montreal 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Debrecen 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montreal 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mladá Boleslav Overall
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mladá Boleslav 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mladá Boleslav 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mladá Boleslav 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht Overall
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Sochi 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Sochi 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turin 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turin 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden Overall
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2021 Gdansk 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Turin 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Heerenveen Overall
Silver medal – second place 2013 Malmö Overall
Silver medal – second place 2013 Malmö 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Malmö 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dresden 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dresden 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dordrecht 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Heerenveen 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dordrecht 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Turin Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Gdansk 1500 m

Sjinkie Knegt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɕɪŋki ˈknɛxt]; born 5 July 1989) is a Dutch short track speed skater.

Career

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He competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the men's 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500m.[1][2] At the January 2014 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, he was disqualified from the 5000m relay final after making an obscene hand gesture at first-place finisher Victor Ahn of Russia.[3] At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 1000 meter race. This was the first medal for the Netherlands at the Olympics in short track.[4]

In 2015 Knegt won both the European and world titles in the overall competition.

At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, Knegt won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres race.

References

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  1. ^ "Sjinkie Knegt - Short Track". Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. ^ Jack de Menezes, "Short track speed skater Sjinkie Knegt disqualified for obscene gesture towards Russia's Viktor Ahn", The Independent, 2014.
  3. ^ Davis, Laura E., "Dutch speed skater Sjinkie Knegt disqualified for obscene gesture", Los Angeles Times, 20 January 2014
  4. ^ Stuart Clarke (15 February 2014). "Sochi 2014: Knegt gets hands dirty to win first Dutch short track medal". The Sport Review.
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