Sjinkie Knegt (; born 5 July 1989) is a Dutch

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

Career

He competed for the

Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics The Netherlands participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Dutch team consisted of 34 competitors and participated in bobsleigh, short track speed skating, snowboarding, and speed skating. The Dutch tea ...

in the men's 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500m. At the January 2014

European Short Track Speed Skating Championships The European Short Track Speed Skating Championships are a European short track speed skating event and held once a year in a different country. Medal winners Men's 1 Thibaut Fauconnet of France was originally ranked first overall but was disq ...

, 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 , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, 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

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and world titles in the overall competition. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, Knegt won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres race.

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* * * 1989 births Living people Dutch male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of the Netherlands Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Friesland People from De Fryske Marren World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub