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{{short description|Australian motorcycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| name              = Robbie Phillis
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| nationality       = {{flag|Australia}}
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1956|04|27|df=y}}
| death_date        = 
| Current team      = 
| Bike number       = 
| SBK Active years  = 1988–1994, 1996
| SBK Manufacturers = [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine|Kawasaki]], [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
| SBK Championships = 
| SBK Race Starts   = 108
| SBK Race Wins     = 4
| SBK Podiums       = 27
| SBK Poles         = 3
| SBK Fastest laps  = 6
| SBK Total Points  = 949
| SBK Last season   = 1996
| SBK Last position = 32nd
| SS Active years  = 1998
| SS Manufacturers = [[Bimota]]
| SS Championships = 
| SS Race Starts   = 1
| SS Race Wins     = 0
| SS Podiums       = 0
| SS Poles         = 0
| SS Fastest laps  = 0
| SS Total Points  = 0
| SS Last season   = 1997
| SS Last position = 
| website           = 
}}
'''Rob Phillis''' (born 27 April 1956) is a retired [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] from [[Australia]]. He began his motorcycling career competing in dirt bike and [[motocross]] events before crossing over to road racing in 1974. He won the Australian Superbike and Australian Endurance title in 1987 and also won the Australian 1000cc title in 1989 riding a ZXR750 [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]] winning himself a sponsorship from Team Kawasaki Australia in the {{SBK|1990}} [[Superbike World Championship]].

He began competing at the international level full-time, finishing third overall in {{SBK|1991}} and {{SBK|1992}} on a [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]]. In his career, he totalled 4 wins, 23 other podiums, 3 poles and 6 fastest laps.<ref>[http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=17 Rob Phillis career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com]</ref> He remained close friends with [[Aaron Slight]], his teammate at the time, and was Slight's first visitor following his near-fatal brain problem in 2000. Phillis retired from top-level racing in 1998 at the age of 42.

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==External links==
* [http://www.deeknow.com/wiki/view.pl/RobPhillis Rob Phillis profile]

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[[Category:Australian motorcycle racers]]
[[Category:Superbike World Championship riders]]


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