Arne Dankers

Arne Dankers

Dankers in 2007
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Team pursuit
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit

Arne Dankers (born June 1, 1980) is a Canadian speed skater.

Background

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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]

2006 Winter Olympics

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At the 2006 Olympics he participated in the following events:

  • Speed Skating, Men's 1500 m
  • Speed Skating, Men's 5000 m – 5th place
  • Speed Skating, Men's 10000 m – 9th place
  • Speed Skating, Men's Team Pursuit – Silver

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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References

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  1. ^ a b Dankers, Arne Geert (2014). System Identification in Dynamic Networks (PDF) (PhD dissertation). Technische Universiteit Delft. ISBN 978-94-6186-352-2.
  2. ^ "Speedskating". Times of Malta. 2006-02-17. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  3. ^ "Dankers calls it quits". The Globe and Mail. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  4. ^ "Arne G. Dankers". IEEE. Retrieved 2024-03-05.