Arne Dankers

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Arne Dankers, 2007 in Heerenveen

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

Dankers was a member of the Canadian team that set the world record of 3: 39.69 minutes in the pursuit run on November 12, 2005 in Calgary.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he took part in speed skating over 5000 m, in which he finished fifth, and 10,000 m, as well as in the team pursuit run (together with Denny Morrison and Steven Elm ), in which Canada won the silver medal.

Dankers is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play .

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