Robert Slippens

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Robertus Michiel Joseph Lucas Maria Jacobus 'Robert' Slippens (born May 3, 1975 in Opmeer) is a Dutch 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 at the 4 km team pursuit alongside Jarich Bakker, Richard Rozendaal and Peter Schep. The team ended up in 12th position. Four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he took part at the same discipline, 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 existed of five riders only four were allowed in the track at the same time. They were more successful and qualified for the quarter finals in which they would be lapped by the Ukrainian team, resulting in a seventh place overal. In Sydney Slippens also started at the madison, which he entered with his team mate Danny Stam. Together they have entered many Six Day Cycling Events in which they have ended up on the podium. They didn't reach the podium at the Olympics but finished in 8th position. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Stam and Slippens qualified for the madison again, but did not come close to the podium again, in fact they ended up a lap behind the eventual winners and only came in 14th.