Robert Slippens (born 3 May 1975 in

Opmeer Opmeer (; West Frisian: ''Opmar'' or ''Obmar'') is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Population centres The municipality of Opmeer consists of the following cities, town ...

, North Holland) is a Dutch former professional

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. Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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where he participated in the four kilometer team pursuit alongside Jarich Bakker, Richard Rozendaal and

Peter Schep Pieter Otto ("Peter") Schep (born 8 March 1977 in Lopik, Utrecht) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who specialized in track cycling endurance events. Biography Born in Lopik, Schep represented the Netherlands at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summe ...

. The team finished in twelfth position. Four years later at the

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in Sydney, he took part in the same event, but with different riders. Bakker and Rozendaal were replaced by

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, John den Braber, and Wilco Zuijderwijk, 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

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team, resulting in a seventh place overall. In Sydney, Slippens also started at the madison, which he entered with his teammate

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. 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 in

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

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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 for the Netherlands Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub

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