Arne Dankers
# Arne Dankers

Arne Dankers (born June 1, 1980) is a Canadian speed skater.

## 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 graduated from the University of Calgary with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and later completed a PhD at the Delft University of Technology.

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:

* 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.

