"Winners come and go, legends stay for ever"
For a long time I had the idea of organizing a European BMX Hall of Fame to honor our past and present BMX racers, pioneers and others. An important motivation to start a European BMX Hall of Fame also was the fact that present and future riders should know more about the history of their sport and her legends.
A sport with no history is no sport!
In the year 2001 we did officially start with the organization of the "EUROPEAN BMX HALL of FAME".
HISTORY EUROPEAN BMX HALL OF FAME
For many years the ABA (Amercian Bicycle Association, USA), now called USA BMX, has its own USA BMX HALL of FAME, at the moment located at the Chula Vista (San Diego) Olympic sportfacilities in California - USA. Here mainly American BMX pioneers, racers, manufacturers and organisers/promotors are inducted and presented. The USA BMX Hall of Fame has around 140 members at this moment (ending 2016). Seen below, the Hall of Fame awards wall and one outside USA HoF member, Mr. Gerrit Does (inducted in 1998).
"Nice guys don't win!"
In this section I will summarize events & results for European riders at the Olympics, World and European Championsships and World Cup Series.
1990 World Championship Team
Team Members:
- Bas de Bever (NL)
- Dale Holmes (GB)
- Nico Does (NL)
- Christophe Leveque (F)
- Nick Lacey (GB)
- Yannick Rosset (CH)
- Jurgen van Melis (NL)
- Tina Madsen (DK)
- Pieter Does (NL)
- Mark van Gerwen (NL)
- Boyd Karsmakers (NL)
Team Manager:
1996 World Championship Team in Brighton - England
Team Members:
- Scott Beaumont
- Vikki Overson
- Dale Holmes
- Jamie Staff
- Dylan Clayton
- Martin Murray
Team Manager:
2003 World Championship Team in Perth - Australia
Team Members:
- David Gibert (JM)
- Thomas Allier (EM)
- Cyrielle Convert (JW)
- Helena Aubry (EW)
Team Manager:
2004 World Championship Team in Valkenswaard - Holland
Team Members:
- Robert de Wilde
- Ivo van der Putten
- Willy Kanis
- Natalja Busschers
Team Manager:
The 2006 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2007 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2008 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2009 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2010 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2011 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2012 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2013 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
The 2014 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
What are the criteria and what will be the procedure to become an inductee into the European BMX HALL of FAME.
1991 World Championship Team
Team Members:
- Christophe Leveque
- Florent Poussin
- Jean Christophe Tricard
Team Manager:
1996 & 1994 World Championship Team
Riders of the winning team were:
- Dale Holmes
- Robert Sprokholt
- Corine Dorland
- Gundars Osis
- Vlasdislav Khas
- Nicolas Grevet
Other team members were:
- Robert de Wilde
- Fred LeGall
- Thierry Fouilleul
Team Manager: