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World Cup Hall of Fame

European BMX Hall of Fame

"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).

Events & Results

"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.

HOLMES Dale (England)

Dale-Holmes2001 World Champion
1996 World Champion

1997 World Cup Winner

Dale Holmes on the right with Nico van DartelDale Holmes on the right with Nico van Dartel

daleholmes.com is one of Nico's favorite BMX websites

 

Dale Holmes on the right with Nico van Dartel (www.daleholmes.com is one of Nico's favorite BMX websites)

KIMMANN Niek (Holland)

2015 World Champion

2016 World Champion

2018 World Cup

2019 European Champion

2019 World Cup

2021 Olympic Champion

2021 World Champion

LEVEQUE Christophe (France)

Christophe Leveque in Luzern Swiss after the Euro Championship in 19902001 World Champion
1999 World Champion
1998 World Champion
1997 World Champion
1995 World Champion
1993 World Champion
1991 World Champion

1994 European Champion
1993 European Champion
1993 European Champion (24")
1991 European Champion

1995 World Cup Winner

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Christophe Leveque has been crowned the KING of CHAMPIONS, holding 7 World titles in the highest age/performance classes and another 2 titles in lower age classes, which makes his total: 9 world titles won, up and till this moment. Who will beat this record?

Special note:

Christophe Leveque (FR) is one of only 3 riders that succeeded in winning a 20 and 24 inch European Championship title in one year during the 19 years of European BMX Championships. The orther 2 are Pierre van Zuijlen (NL) and Eric Minozzi (FR).

Nominations 2006

The 2006 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2007

The 2007 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2008

The 2008 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2009

The 2009 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2010

The 2010 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2011

The 2011 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2012

The 2012 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2013

The 2013 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Nominations 2014

The 2014 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.

Overview & Statistics

"You are not born a legend, you become one"

HIGHEST NUMBER OF WORLD TITLES WON by the following European Riders in the highest age or performance class, since the start of I.BMX.F. (in 1982), now U.C.I., and at this moment that are the Elite Women and Elite Men classes.

7 BMXWORLD TITLES
Christophe Leveque - France (retired)

5 BMX WORLD TITLES
Phil Hoogendoorn - Holland (retired)

3 BMX WORLD TITLES
Corine Dorland - Holland (retired)
Bas de Bever - Holland (retired)
Shanaze Reade - England (retired)
Joris Daudet - France (active)

2 BMX WORLD TITLES
Wilco Groenendaal - Holland (retired)
Anita v.d. Mortel - Holland (active)
Thomas Allier - France (retired)
Dale Holmes - England (retired)
Willy Kanis - Holland (retired)
Māris Štrombergs - Latvia (retired)
Magalie Pottier - France (retired)

Rules & Regulations

What are the criteria and what will be the procedure to become an inductee into the European BMX HALL of FAME.

STAFF Jamie (England)

Jamie-Staff- EC2003-Cheddar1996 World Champion

1995 European Champion

1996 World Cup Winner
1995 World Cup Winner

Jamie Staff came to check out the races and hand out the trophies in Cheddar.