- Robert Slippens
Robertus Michiel Joseph Lucas Maria Jacobus 'Robert' Slippens (born
May 3 ,1975 inOpmeer ) is a Dutchracing cyclist .Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the
1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta where he participated at the 4 km team pursuit alongsideJarich Bakker ,Richard Rozendaal andPeter Schep . The team ended up in 12th position. Four years later at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney he took part at the same discipline, but with different riders. Bakker and Rozendaal were replaced byJens Mouris ,John den Braber andWilco Zuijderwijk , while Schep and Slippens stayed. Although the team existed of five riders only four were allowed in the track at the same time. They were more successful and qualified for the quarter finals in which they would be lapped by the Ukrainian team, resulting in a seventh place overal. In Sydney Slippens also started at the madison, which he entered with his team mateDanny Stam . Together they have entered many Six Day Cycling Events in which they have ended up on the podium. They didn't reach the podium at the Olympics but finished in 8th position. At the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens Stam and Slippens qualified for the madison again, but did not come close to the podium again, in fact they ended up a lap behind the eventual winners and only came in 14th.External links
* [http://www2.sport.nl/olympischarchief2006/show.php3?spelen=40&pgr=166 Slippens at the Dutch Olympic Archive]
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