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At the age of 6 (1976) Nico was already riding BMX bikes, which his uncle Pierre Karsmakers (former MX Dutch and USA National Champion) imported from the USA in the late '70s.
Officialy Nico was the first license holder in Holland and probably in Europe with an official registrated organisation. At the time his skills were very exceptional. Even in the USA, were he competed at the JAG BMX World Championships in 1979, American riders, among them several Pro's, were astonished by his technic and skills of ND doing one-handers, no-footers and such.
Besides racing, Later on Nico started his own company building and selling BMX bikes. He started WEBCO Bicycles in 1991. Up till this day (ending 2001) Nico is involved in building these bikes and selling them.
KD Quality Products AG, owned by Albert Knill in Switzerland, works with Nico on this. (KD stands for, Knill Does).
Besides all of this Nico still is actif as a trainer/coach on local level with his club "F.C.C. Lion d'Or" in Valkenswaard - Holland, on National level with the KNWU regional training sessions and at International level, when invited to give training/seminars and so on.
More then 25 years he has been involved in the sport of BMX and still lives the sport a loves. Nico never won a European or World title, did win several Dutch national titles and 2 third places at World Championships (Indianapolis-USA and Brisbane-Australia) but for sure deserves his place in the European BMX Hall of Fame as BMX racer/promoter of the absolute "first hour of the sport".
More information on Nico can be found in his University of BMX Advisor CV.
Inducted in 2001
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A pioneer rider. still active in the sport (without a break) and competing at the highest level, celebrates his 25th anniversary in the sport in July 2004, has been nominated: Pieter Does, Holland. Update: end year 2004 Pieter Does stopped racing.
For more information about Pieter Does, check out his profile.
Inducted in 2004
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Uli was one of the first BMX racers in Germany. Started in 1979 and competed in his first international race in 1980 at the AVRO GOLD CUP TV event in Waalre-Holland. In the early days, Uli was the "face" of German BMX.
In his country he was a trend-setter at the time because he was racing in the oldest age-class at the time (16+). BMX was new and many people found it kind of strange, boys of about 16 year and older riding these small 20" BMX bikes.
Uli's dad Helmut Heidtkamp, was one of the first pioneers of BMX in Germany in the Cologne area and did a great job getting BMX off the ground as an organised sport and promoting the sport of BMX in general.
By nominating Uli, we also honour his dad (died in the early '90 of cancer) for his pioneer work.
Inducted in 2001
1986 European Champion
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Tom Lynch, one of the most successful British riders who managed to rake the Superclass by storm when he was only 16 years old (in 1986). Tom stated "I still have me verses TEAM AMEV dreams". Insiders know exactly what Tom means by this!
Tom started out as a moto-cross rider but switched to BMX in 1980, competed in his first BMX events in 1982 and Tom finished his career in 1994.
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One can call Philippe the pioneer and trend setter for French BMX.
He was the first ever National Champion of France in the oldest age class in 1979.
Philippe was a good promoter for BMX, competed also in the AVRO GOLD CUP TV event in Waalre-Holland in August 1980.
Inducted in 2001
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.
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The 2009 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
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D.5 European BMX Hall of Fame nominations 2015
Category AA:
Nominations will be made after the 2016 Olympic Championships in BMX in Brasil
Category A1:
The nominees from the 2015 UCI World Championships in Zolder - Belgium, are the following Champions coming from Europe:
One European rider won an Elite World Championship title.
Elite Men: Niek Kimman - Holland
Category A2:
2015 UCI Supercross World Cup Series overall winners:
Elite men:
Category A3:
The nominees from the 2015 UCI European Championships are the following Champions:
Elite men: Twan van Gendt - Holland
Elite women: Elke Vanhoof - Belgium
Category A4:
Pioneer rider(s) nominated.
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B1:
Pioneer (non racers) nomination(s):
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B2:
Organizers/promoters of European Top events:
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category C:
European National Teams or Manufacturer Teams winning a team World title;
NO nomination(s) at this time
Updated Waalre, September 2015.
Remark: all nominees mentioned have been inducted November 2015.
2015
Induction: all nominees mentioned above, have been inducted in December 2014.
The 2016 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
D.5 European BMX Hall of Fame nominations 2016
Category AA:
Nominations will be made after the 2016 Olympic Championships in BMX in Brasil
NO nominations, no European rider won an Olympic title in 2016.
Category A1:
The nominee from the 2016 UCI World Championships in Sao Paulo - Brasil, is the following Champion coming from Europe:
Elite men: Joris Daudet - France
Category A2:
2016 UCI Supercross World Cup Series overall winners:
Elite men:
Category A3:
The nominees from the 2016 UCI European Championships are the following Champions:
Elite men: Raymon van der Biezen - Holland
Elite women: Sarah Sailer - Germany
Category A4:
Pioneer rider(s) nominated.
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B1:
Pioneer (non racers) nomination(s):
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B2:
Organizers/promoters of European Top events:
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category C:
European National Teams or Manufacturer Teams winning a team World title;
NO nomination(s) at this time
Update Waalre, September 2016.
Induction: all nominees mentioned above, have been inducted in November 2016.
The 2017 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
D.5 European BMX Hall of Fame nominations 2017
Category AA:
Nominations will be made after the 2020 Olympic Championships in BMX in Tokyo-Japan.
Category A1:
The nominees from the 2017 UCI World Championships in Rock Hill, USA, are the following Champions coming from Europe:
No European rider won an Elite World Championship title.
Category A2:
2017 UCI Supercross World Cup Series overall winners:
Elite men: André Sylvain, France
Category A3:
The nominees from the 2017 UCI European Championships are the following Champions:
Elite men: Joris Daudet - France
Elite women: Laura Smulders - Holland
Category A4:
Pioneer rider(s) nominated.
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B1:
Pioneer (non racers) nomination(s):
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B2:
Organizers/promoters of European Top events:
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category C:
European National Teams or Manufacturer Teams winning a team World title;
NO nomination(s) at this time
Update Waalre, October 30th. 2017.
Induction: all nominees mentioned above, have been inducted in October 31st. 2017.
The 2018 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
D.5 European BMX Hall of Fame nominations 2018
Category AA:
Nominations will be made after the 2020 Olympic Championships in BMX in Tokyo-Japan.
Category A1:
The nominees from the 2018 UCI World Championships 2018 in Baku, Azerbejan, are the following Champions coming from Europe:
European rider won an Elite World Championship title.
Elite Women: Laura Smulders - NED
Elite Men: Sylvain André - FRA
Category A2:
2018 UCI Supercross World Cup Series overall winners:
Elite men: Niek Kimman - NED
Elite women: Laura Smulders - NED
Category A3:
The nominees from the 2018 UCI European Championships are the following Champions:
Elite men: Kyle Evans - GBR
Elite women: Laura Smulders - NED
Category A4:
Pioneer rider(s) nominated.
Pioneer rider: Alan Woods - GBR
Category B1:
Pioneer (non racers) nomination(s):
Pioneer non racer: Major Arthur Woods - GBR
Category B2:
Organizers/promoters of European Top events:
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category C:
European National Teams or Manufacturer Teams winning a team World title;
NO nomination(s) at this time
Update Waalre, September 30th. 2018.
Induction: all nominees mentioned above, have been inducted on October 31st. 2018.
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Another pioneer rider has been nominated, Andreas Nyberg from Sweden.
Andreas was the first ever Swedish BMX racer in the, at the time, oldest age class and the first one from Sweden to compete in international events, among others, the 1983 I.BMX.F. Worlds in Holland and the Murray World Cup in Nashville Tennessee, USA.
Andreas still runs a Bicycle and BMX shop in Sweden.
Inducted in 2004
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Xavier started racing BMX early 1979 and can be considered one of the pioneer BMX racers of France and leaded the way for a long period of time.
He never won a European and/or World title in the highest level class, however he still was a leading figure in International BMX for many years, together with Claude Vuillemot and David Kastler.
Xavier is still involved in BMX due to his profession working for a bicycle company in England.
A man who had to be nominated for the European Hall of Fame of BMX.
Inducted in 2001
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