Rob Snoek (born 1969) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former athlete, who was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Sports Play-by-Play at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for his work as a member of the CBC Sports broadcast team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

A native of Orono, Ontario, Snoek's lower left leg was amputated at age one due to a congenital bone disease. He was a competitor in amputee athletics events, most notably at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, the 1996 Summer Paralympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He was a bronze medalist at the paralympic edition of the World Athletics Championships in 1998.

Rob Snoek

After his retirement from competitive sport he moved into broadcasting as a play-by-play announcer for Ontario Hockey League games, first for the Oshawa Generals on CKDO, and later for Peterborough Petes games on CJMB-FM. He first joined the CBC's Olympic team in 2002, covering a variety of both main Olympic and Paralympic events.

Rob Snoek

He was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame in 2017.

Rob Snoek

References

1969 births

Living people

20th-century Canadian people

21st-century Canadian people

Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Canadian amputees

Canadian television sportscasters

Canadian radio sportscasters

Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada

Sportspeople from Clarington

Canadian male sprinters

Canadian male long jumpers

Sprinters with limb difference

Long jumpers with limb difference

Paralympic sprinters

Paralympic long jumpers

Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships

Canadian Disability Hall of Fame