 Dankers in 2007 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's speed skating | ||
Representing  Canada | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 2006 Turin | Team pursuit |
| World Single Distance Championships | ||
| 2007 Salt Lake City | Team pursuit |
Arne Dankers (born June 1, 1980) is a Canadian speed skater.
| Dankers in 2007 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's speed skating | ||
| Representing Canada | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 2006 Turin | Team pursuit |
| World Single Distance Championships | ||
| 2007 Salt Lake City | Team pursuit |
Arne Dankers (born June 1, 1980) is a Canadian speed skater.
Dankers was born to Peter Dankers and Marja Verhoef, who are both Dutch. The family moved to Canada when he was two years old. [1]
Dankers was a member of the Canadian team that set the team pursuit world record of 3:39.69 in Calgary, Canada on November 12, 2005. The Canadian team, of which Dankers was a part, was not able to duplicate this performance at the 2006 Turin Olympics. The Italian team now holds the Olympic team pursuit record of 3:43.64. [2]
After retiring from speed skating following the 2008-09 season, [3] Dankers graduated from the University of Calgary with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and later completed a PhD at the Delft University of Technology. [1] He subsequently returned to the University of Calgary in a postdoctoral position, and began publishing research in the fields of dynamic network analysis and systems engineering. [4]
At the 2006 Olympics he participated in the following events:
Dankers placed 5th place in the 5000m men's speed skating final and his team won a silver medal in Men's team pursuit speed skating.
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