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Robert de Wilde (b. April 30, 1977 in Kampen
Kampen (Overijssel)

Media:Nl-Kampen.ogg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. It is the home of football team DOS Kampen and his rivals Go - Ahead Kampen, KHC Kampen, VV Kampen and IJVV...
, Holland
Holland

Holland is a name in common usage given to two regions in the western part of Netherlands. The name 'Holland' is also often mistakenly used to refer to the whole of The Netherlands....
) is a Dutch professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
BMX

Bicycle Motocross or BMX is a name of a cycling sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in Motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles....
 racer whose prime competitive years were from 1990–2003. His nicknames are "The Flying Dutchman" in reference to his speed and his nationality and "Afro-Bob" because of his long wild, uncombed hair. He was chosen for the Dutch BMX Olympic team to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008....
 games in Beijing, China where he reached the Quarter Finals.

tarted Racing: 1982 at five years old.






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Robert de Wilde (b. April 30, 1977 in Kampen
Kampen (Overijssel)

Media:Nl-Kampen.ogg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. It is the home of football team DOS Kampen and his rivals Go - Ahead Kampen, KHC Kampen, VV Kampen and IJVV...
, Holland
Holland

Holland is a name in common usage given to two regions in the western part of Netherlands. The name 'Holland' is also often mistakenly used to refer to the whole of The Netherlands....
) is a Dutch professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
BMX

Bicycle Motocross or BMX is a name of a cycling sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in Motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles....
 racer whose prime competitive years were from 1990–2003. His nicknames are "The Flying Dutchman" in reference to his speed and his nationality and "Afro-Bob" because of his long wild, uncombed hair. He was chosen for the Dutch BMX Olympic team to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008....
 games in Beijing, China where he reached the Quarter Finals.

Racing career milestones

Started Racing: 1982 at five years old. A friend got him into it.

Sanctioning Body:

First race result:

First win (local):

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned Professional: January 1999 at 21 years old. During 1999 and prior de Wilde was one of only three total pros Europe ever had (Dylan Clayton and Wilco Groenendaal were the other two) due to the nature of racing rules with the European sanctioning bodies at the time, which did not permit a full pro class in which an unlimited amount of money can be earned by the racer at a race.

First Professional race result (Holland/Europe):

First Professional race result (US):

First Professional win (Holland/Europe):

First Professional win (US):

First Junior Pro* win (Holland/Europe):

First Junior Pro* win (US):

First Senior Pro** race result (Holland/Eruope):

First Senior Pro** race result (US):

First Senior Pro win (Holland/Europe):

First Senior Pro win (US):

Retired: Still active.

Height & weight at height of his career (1999–2006): Ht:6'2" Wt:215lbs.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors


Amateur/Junior Men
  • GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles (European Division)/Chevy: January 1994 -October 2001. De Wilde would turn pro (at least in the US) with this sponsor.

Professional/Elite Men
  • GT Bicycles(European Division)/Chevy: January 1994-October 2001
  • Giant Bicycles: Late December 2001- De Wilde's public debut on the new Giant team was the 2001 NBL Christmas Classic national on December 27, 2001.
  • Staats Bicycles/Troy Lee Designs/Maxxis: January 2004-June 27, 2006. De Wilde says in his blog he left Staats the Tuesday before the NBL Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
     nationals.
  • Troy Lee Designs/Maxxis July 1, 2006-October 3, 2006. Troy Lee Designs and Maxxis were his primary sponsors between Staats and Redline.
  • Redline Bicycles/Troy Lee Designs/Maxxis: October 3, 2006-Present. De Wilde is under contract with Redline Bicycles (now owned by the Accell Group, a Dutch company) through 2008 and will race the 2008 Summer Olympics
    2008 Summer Olympics

    The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008....
     in Beijing, China sponsored by Redline.


Career bicycle motocross titles


Amateur/Junior Men
  • 1990,'92,'93,'94,'95,'98 Dutch National champion.


Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU)

Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF)

National Bicycle League (NBL)
  • None
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
  • 1995, 1999 World Cup Champion


United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
  • None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
  • 1993 16 boys World Champion
  • 1994 17 Junior Bronze Medal World Champion
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
  • 1995 Junior Men World Cup Champion


Professional/Elite Men
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU)

Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF)

National Bicycle League
National Bicycle League

The National Bicycle League is an United States based BMX sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves is now based in Hilliard, Ohio....
 (NBL)

American Bicycle Association
American Bicycle Association

The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based BMX sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977....
 (ABA)
  • 2001 "AA" Pro World Champion


United States Bicycle Motocross Association
United States Bicycle Motocross Association

The United States Bicycle Association was a short lived BMX national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in March 1984 by five former members of the American Bicycle Association : Rich Mann, Dave Cook, Geoff Sims, Steve Schaefer and Rod Keeling, who became the USBA's first President....
 (USBA)
  • None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
  • None
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
  • None
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
  • 1999 Elite Men World Champion
  • 1999 Elite Men World Cup Champion
  • 1999 Elite Men European Champion
  • 2000 Elite Men European Champion
  • 2005 Elite Men Supercross Champion
  • 2005 Elite Men Pan Pacific Champion
  • 2007 20" UCi Series Champion


International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
 (IOC)
Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008 Summer Olympics)
Dutch National BMX Teammates: Rob van den Wildenberg
Rob van den Wildenberg

Rob van den Wildenberg is a Netherlands BMX racer.Van den Wildenberg reached his first podium spot at a UCI BMX Supercross meeting in the 2005/06 season when he won the bronze medal in Reutlingen....
, Raymon van der Biezen
Raymon van der Biezen

Raymon van der Biezen is a Netherlands BMX racer.Van der Biezen reached the semi final of the 2008 World Championship in Taiyuan, China.He qualified himself for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
, Lieke Klaus
Lieke Klaus

Lieke Klaus is a Netherlands BMX racer.Klaus reached her first podium spot at a UCI BMX Supercross meeting in 2007 when she won the bronze medal in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada....
.
Location: Beijing, China
Number of competitors: 32
Positions:
Event Results Wednesday August 20
Men's First Seeding Run‡: 36.803sec.
Men's Second Seeding Run: 50.268sec.
Seconds behind leader: +1.111 (23rd place).
Seeding Run leader: Mike Day
Mike Day

Micheal Day is a professional American "Current School" BMX racer whose prime competitive years are from 2002-Present. His nickname is a play on a common phrase....
 
De Wilde advances to Quarterfinals†
Men's Quarter Finals (Overall after three motos of Run 3): 7th place; did not qualify for Semi Final*.
Event Results Thursday August 21
Postponed due to rain. Rescheduled.
Event Results Friday August 22
Men's Semi Finals*: DNQ
Men's Final (Medal Round): DNQ
Bronze medal
Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St....
 winner: Donny Robinson
Donny Robinson

Donald Robinson is an American professional "New/Current School" BMX racer whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. His moniker is "dR", his initials....
 
Silver medal
Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.First and third place finishers traditionally receive a gold medal and bronze medal, respectively....
 winner: Mike Day
Mike Day

Micheal Day is a professional American "Current School" BMX racer whose prime competitive years are from 2002-Present. His nickname is a play on a common phrase....
 
Gold medal
Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
 winner:** Maris Štrombergs
Maris Štrombergs

Maris ?trombergs is a Latvian professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in Cycling at the Summer Olympics....
 


Independent Invitationals and Pro Series Championships

Notable accolades


Significant injuries

  • Broke elbow a the UCI World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville, Kentucky

    Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
     in July 2001. He crashed on the second jump in the first straight being laid up, he missed the X-Games as a result.
  • Broke collar bone at the UCI World Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the weekend of July 30, 2006

Racing traits and habits

  • Doesn't comb or at least mat down his hair after he removes his helmet, resulting in a phenomenon called "helmet/hat hair" in which the hair on a person's head becomes either severely tussled or conversely molded into the shape of the headwear after wearing that headwear for an extended period of time. De Wilde's habit of not attending to hair care after removing his helmet and it being severely tussled as a result led to his moniker of "Afro Bob", a reference to the "Afro
    Afro

    An afro also known as a TONY, sometimes called a "natural" or shortened to "fro", is a hairstyle in which the hair extends out from the head like a halo, cloud or ball....
    " style of "hairdo" that was popular with people of African descent, particularly during the 1970s (it has made something of a comeback in recent years).

Miscellaneous


Post BMX career


BMX press magazine interviews and articles

  • "Robert de Wilde" Transworld BMX April 2003 Vol.10 Iss.4 No.78 pg.70

BMX magazine covers

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
  • None
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
  • None
BMX Plus!:

Total BMX:
  • None
Bicycles and Dirt:
  • None
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Moto Mag:
  • None
BMX World:
  • August/September 2006 Vol.1 Iss.5 (77) ahead of Kyle Bennett
    Kyle Bennett

    Kyle Bennett is an American professional "New/Current School" BMX racer and Dirt Jumper whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present....
     (67) Jerrett Kolich (198) and Greg Romero (100)
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA publication under three names):

End Notes


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