Sjinkie Knegt

Sjinkie Knegt

Sjinkie Knegt in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 27) Bantega, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 1000 m World Championships 2014 Montreal 5000 m Relay 2015 Moscow 3000 m 2015 Moscow Overall 2017 Rotterdam 500 m 2017 Rotterdam 3000 m 2017 Rotterdam 5000 m Relay 2012 Shanghai 5000 m Relay 2013 Debrecen 1000 m 2014 Montreal 1000 m 2015 Moscow 1500 m 2017 Rotterdam Overall 2013 Debrecen 5000 m Relay 2015 Moscow 5000 m Relay European Championships 2011 Heerenveen 1500 m 2011 Heerenveen 5000 m Relay 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1000 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1500 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav Overall 2012 Mlada Boleslav 5000 m Relay 2013 Malmö 1500 m 2015 Moscow 1000 m 2015 Moscow 1500 m 2015 Moscow Overall 2016 Sochi 500 m 2016 Sochi 5000 m Relay 2017 Turin 500 m 2017 Turin 5000 m Relay 2009 Turin 5000 m Relay 2011 Heerenveen 3000 m 2011 Heerenveen Overall 2013 Malmö 500 m 2013 Malmö 3000 m 2013 Malmö Overall 2013 Malmö 5000 m Relay 2014 Dresden 500 m 2014 Dresden 3000 m 2014 Dresden 5000 m Relay 2015 Moscow 500 m 2011 Heerenveen 500 m 2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m 2015 Moscow 5000 m Relay 2017 Turin 3000 m 2017 Turin Overall

Sjinkie Knegt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʃɪŋki ˈknɛxt]; born 5 July 1989) is a Dutch short-track speed-skater.

He competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the men's 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500m. 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. 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.

In 2015 Knegt won both the European and world titles in the overall competition.