- Source: Robert de Wilde
Robert de Wilde (born April 30, 1977, in Kampen) is a Dutch professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1990 to 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 in Beijing, China where he reached the quarter-finals.
Racing career milestones
Started Racing: 1982 at the age of five years. A friend got him into it.
Turned Professional: January 1999 at the age of 21. 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.
Height & weight at height of his career (1999–2006): Ht:6'2" Wt:215 lbs.
= 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, 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 in Beijing, China sponsored by Redline.
= Career bicycle motocross titles
=Amateur/Junior Men
1990, '92, '93, '94, '95, '98 Dutch National champion.
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
1995, 1999 World Cup Champion
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
1993 16 boys World Champion
1994 17 Junior Bronze Medal World Champion
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
1995 Junior Men World Cup Champion
Professional/Elite Men
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
2001 "AA" Pro World Champion
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 (IOC)
Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008 Summer Olympics)
Dutch National BMX Teammates: Rob van den Wildenberg, Raymon van der Biezen, Lieke Klaus.
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 United States
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 winner: Donny Robinson United States
Silver medal winner: Mike Day United States
Gold medal winner:** Māris Štrombergs Latvia
= Notable accolades
== Significant injuries
=Broke elbow at the UCI World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, 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 tousled 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 tousled as a result led to his moniker of "Afro Bob", a reference to the "Afro" 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
BMX World:
August/September 2006 Vol.1 Iss.5 (77) ahead of Kyle Bennett (67) Jerrett Kolich (198) and Greg Romero (100)
See also
List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
Notes
External links
The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
The Dutch sanctioning body Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF) Website.
The Dutch sanctioning body Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU) Website.
"BMX and More!!", a Dutch English/Dutch language BMX News site.
Maxxis racer profile.
Robert de Wilde's personal Website.
EXPN.com mini bio.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Serenity Wilde
- GPIB Immanuel Semarang
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- Marcel Schwob
- Al Pacino
- Henri de Saint-Simon
- Hôtel d'Estrées
- Robert de Wilde
- De Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
- William Wilde
- De Profundis (letter)
- Jane Wilde
- Olivia Wilde
- Constance Wilde
- Wilde (film)
- The Flying Dutchman (nickname)
