Robert Slippens (born 3 May 1975 in Opmeer,

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

) is a Dutch racing cyclist. Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta where he participated in the four kilometer team pursuit alongside Jarich Bakker, Richard Rozendaal and Peter Schep. The team finished in twelfth position. Four years later at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, he took part in the same event, but with different riders. Bakker and Rozendaal were replaced by Jens Mouris, John den Braber, and

Wilco Zuijderwijk Wilhelmus Gerardus "Wilco" Zuijderwijk (born 2 October 1969 in Den Helder) is a Dutch track cyclist. He competed in the Men's points race and Men's team pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing 18th and 7th. See also * List of Dutch Oly ...

, while Schep and Slippens stayed. Although the team consisted of five riders, only four were allowed on the track at the same time. They qualified for the quarter finals, where they lost to the Ukrainian team, resulting in a seventh place overall. In Sydney, Slippens also started at the madison, which he entered with his teammate

Danny Stam Danny Stam (born 25 June 1972) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who specialised in Six-day racing track cycling. He is nicknamed "De kleine diesel" (The little diesel).

. Together they have entered many Six Day Cycling Events in which they have ended up on the podium. They did not reach the podium at the Olympics but finished in eighth position. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, Stam and Slippens qualified for the madison again, but finished in fourteenth place, a lap behind the winners.

External links

Slippens at the Dutch Olympic Archive
1975 births Living people People from Opmeer Dutch male cyclists Dutch track cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub