Arne Dankers (born June 1, 1980) is a

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Background

Dankers was born to Peter Dankers and Marja Verhoef, who are both Dutch. The family moved to Canada when he was two years old. 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. After retiring from speed skating following the 2008-09 season, Dankers graduated from the

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with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and later completed a PhD at the

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. He subsequently returned to the University of Calgary in a postdoctoral position, and began publishing research in the fields of

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and

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2006 Winter Olympics

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

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in Men's

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

speed skating.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dankers, Arne 1980 births Living people Canadian male speed skaters Speed skaters from Calgary Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic speed skaters for Canada Canadian people of Dutch descent Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian electrical engineers