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{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Robert Slippens
| image          = Robert Slippens (cropped).JPG
| caption        = 
| fullname       = 
| nickname       =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Opmeer]], Netherlands
| height         = 1.74 m
| weight         = 70 kg
| currentteam    = Retired
| discipline     = Track, road
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = Endurance
| proyears1      = 1999–2008
| proteam1       = {{UCI team code|KOG|1999}}
| proyears2      = 2009
| proteam2       = AA Drink
| majorwins      =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{NED}} }}
{{MedalSport| Men's [[track cycling]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004 Melbourne]]|Scratch}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2005 Los Angeles]]|Madison}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004 Melbourne]]|Madison]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEC European Track Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 UEC European Track Championships|2002 Amsterdam]] | [[UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 UEC European Track Championships|2003 Amsterdam]] | [[UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}}
}}
'''Robert Slippens''' (born 3 May 1975) is a Dutch former professional [[racing cyclist]].

Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] 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]] in [[Sydney]], 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]], 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 [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] team, resulting in a seventh place overall.

In Sydney, Slippens also started at the madison, which he entered with his teammate [[Danny Stam]]. 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 [[Athens]], Stam and Slippens qualified for the madison again, but finished in fourteenth place, a lap behind the winners.

==See also==
* [[List of Dutch Olympic cyclists]]

==External links==
*{{Sports links}}
*[http://www2.sport.nl/olympischarchief2006/show.php3?spelen=40&pgr=166 Slippens at the Dutch Olympic Archive]

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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Opmeer]]
[[Category:Dutch male cyclists]]
[[Category:Dutch track cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Cyclists from North Holland]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]


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