Sjinkie Knegt
{{short description|Dutch short-track speed-skater}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| sport = Short track speed skating
| name = Sjinkie Knegt
| image = Sjinkie Knegt.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Knegt in 2009
| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|7|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bantega, Netherlands
| height = 1.72 m
| weight = 70 kg
| country = Netherlands
| club = Shorttrack Club Thialf
| pb = 500 m: 40.263 (2018)
1000 m: 1:22.413 (2018)
1500 m: 2:07.943 WR (2016)
3000 m: 4:38.905 (2002)
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Pyeongchang|1500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Montreal|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Moscow|Overall}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Rotterdam|500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Rotterdam|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Dordrecht|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Shanghai|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Debrecen|1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Montreal|1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Moscow|1500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Rotterdam|Overall}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Montreal|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Debrecen|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Moscow|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Montreal|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Heerenveen|1500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Heerenveen|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Mladá Boleslav|Overall}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Mladá Boleslav|1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Mladá Boleslav|1500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Mladá Boleslav|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Malmö|1500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Dordrecht|Overall}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Dordrecht|1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Dordrecht|1500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Sochi|500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Sochi|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Turin|500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Turin|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Dresden|500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Dresden|1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Dresden|1500 m}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Dresden|Overall}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Dresden|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Gdansk|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Turin|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Heerenveen|Overall}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Malmö|Overall}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Malmö|500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Malmö|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Dresden|500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Dresden|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Dordrecht|500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2025 Dresden|2000 m mixed relay}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Heerenveen|500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Dordrecht|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Turin|Overall}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Gdansk|1500 m}}
}}
Sjinkie Knegt ({{IPA|nl|ˈɕɪŋki ˈknɛxt}}; born 5 July 1989) is a Dutch short track speed skater.
Career
He competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the men's 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500m.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/sjinkie-knegt_ath1011121om.html |title=Sjinkie Knegt - Short Track |work=Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics |publisher=Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games |access-date=8 February 2010 |archive-date=15 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215133908/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/sjinkie-knegt_ath1011121om.html |url-status=dead }}Jack de Menezes, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/short-track-speed-skater-sjinkie-knegt-disqualified-for-obscene-gesture-towards-russias-viktor-ahn-9072582.html Short track speed skater Sjinkie Knegt disqualified for obscene gesture towards Russia's Viktor Ahn]", The Independent, 2014. 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.Davis, Laura E., "[http://www.latimes.com/nation/shareitnow/la-sh-dutch-speed-skater-sjinkie-knegt-disqualified-for-obscene-gesture-20140120,0,6475787.story Dutch speed skater Sjinkie Knegt disqualified for obscene gesture]", Los Angeles Times, 20 January 2014 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2014/02/sochi-2014-knegt-gets-hands-dirty-to-win-first-dutch-short-track-medal/ |title=Sochi 2014: Knegt gets hands dirty to win first Dutch short track medal |publisher=The Sport Review |author=Stuart Clarke |date=15 February 2014}}
In 2015 Knegt won both the European and world titles in the overall competition.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, Knegt won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres race.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{Official website}}
- {{ISU short track skater|703443}}
- {{sports links|properties=-P9822}}
- {{TeamNL|sjinkie-knegt|old_id=6184-sjinkie-knegt}}
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Category:Dutch male short-track speed skaters
Category:Olympic short-track speed skaters for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Speed skaters from Friesland
Category:People from De Fryske Marren
Category:World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Dutch people
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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