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Also known as trainers, kicks, flats, runners, gym shoe, sport shoe, sneakers for men

thumb|A pair of Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
athletic shoe
Image
Black Converse sneakers.JPG
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MCN code
6404.11.00
Commons category
Sneakers (footwear)
different from
Sneaker
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Names
  • History
  • Use in sports
  • Notable brands
  • Culture
  • Technology
  • Sustainability
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A pair of Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers

Sneakers (US) or trainers (UK), also known by a wide variety of other names, are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise, but are also widely used for everyday casual wear.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sneaker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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