Name Sjinkie Knegt Children Myrthe Knegt Weight 70 kg | Height 1.75 m Role Short Track Speed Skater | |
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Olympic medals Short Track Speed Skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000m | ||
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Sjinkie Knegt ( [ˈʃɪŋki ˈknɛxt]; born 5 July 1989) is a Dutch short-track speed-skater.
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- good sportmanship from the dutch short track speed skater sjinkie knegt
- Sjinkie knegt steekt middelvinger op bij ek shorttrack
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Sjinkie knegt steekt middelvinger op bij ek shorttrack
Career
He competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the men's 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500m. 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. 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.
In 2015 Knegt won both the European and world titles in the overall competition.
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