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Rob Snoek
Canadian sports broadcaster and former athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rob Snoek (born 1969) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former athlete, who won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024 for his work with CBC Sports.[1] He was previously nominated in the same category 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.[2]
A native of Orono, Ontario, Snoek's lower left leg was amputated at age one due to a congenital bone disease.[3] He was a competitor in amputee athletics events, most notably at the 1992 Summer Paralympics,[3] the 1996 Summer Paralympics[4] and the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[5] He was a bronze medalist at the paralympic edition of the World Athletics Championships in 1998.[6]
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,[7] and later for Peterborough Petes games on CJMB-FM.[8] He first joined the CBC's Olympic team in 2002, covering a variety of both main Olympic and Paralympic events.[9]
He was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame in 2017.[10]
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