Arne Dankers (born June 1, 1980 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian speed skater. Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Winter Olympics since 1924. ... Rome Rider John Oehler,Illinois, qualified 2nd runner up to compete in the games, He ran 2nd to Never summer rider Tomme Lee,California. ... For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skating at Turin At the 2006 Winter Olympics, twelve speed skating events are to be contested. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Speed skating or speedskating is a form of skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance as quickly as possible on skates. ...

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.

2006 Winter Olympics

At the 2006 Olympics he participated in the following events: (Redirected from 2006 Olympics) See also: 2006 Winter Paralympics The XX Olympic Winter Games will be held in Turin, Italy from February 10 to 26. ...

• 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. His parents, Peter Dankers and Marja Verhoef, are both Dutch. Arne Dankers graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in Electrical Engineering and wants to be an astronaut. A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skating at Turin At the 2006 Winter Olympics, twelve speed skating events are to be contested. ...

External links

• Photos of Arne Dankers