| Rob Snoek | |
| Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
| Disability Class: | T44 |
| Birth Place: | Orono, Ontario, Canada |
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.[1]
A native of Orono, Ontario, Snoek's lower left leg was amputated at age one due to a congenital bone disease.[2] He was a competitor in amputee athletics events, most notably at the 1992 Summer Paralympics,[2] the 1996 Summer Paralympics[3] and the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[4] He was a bronze medalist at the paralympic edition of the World Athletics Championships in 1998.[5]
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,[6] and later for Peterborough Petes games on CJMB-FM.[7] He first joined the CBC's Olympic team in 2002, covering a variety of both main Olympic and Paralympic events.[8]
He was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame in 2017.[9]