Name: Martijn Scherpen

Nickname: “Terminator”

Date of birth: 29-04-1988

Email: click here

Nationality: Dutch

Hometown: Emmen

Hometrack: Assen (FC-Unitas)

Years of racing: I started BMX racing when I was almost 4 years old

Favorite food: Spaghetti Bolognese & Pizza

Favorite track: Valkenswaard NED

Sponsors: NOC*NSF, Redline, Shimano, Oakley, Rabobank, Bioracer, AA-drink, Troy lee designs, Bombshell, Giro, M Double You, Bensink, Berma.

      Results:
  •   Multiple time Dutch Champion
  •   7 time European Champion
  •   4 time World Champion
2007
o       European  champion (Elite cruiser) France
o       7th of Europe (Elite men)
o       Dutch champion (Elite Men)
o       Won the overall national redline top competition (Elite men)
o       Semi finalist at the world championships (Elite men) Canada
o       6th on Olympic test event in Beijing
o       Became 10th in the overall UCI world ranking
o       Became 3rd in the overall UCI European ranking
 
2006
o       European indoor champion (Junior men), winner of round 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6
o       Became a "Professional" BMX rider
o       Dutch champion (Elite Men)
o       Won the overall national competition (Elite men)
o       European champion (Junior Men), winner of round 1,4,5,7,9 & 10
o       World 2 (Junior Men) Brazil
o       Won the World ranking (junior)
 
2005
I didn’t do many races this year just before my first European round I broke my collarbone on 3 places, my hand (they put pins in my hand), my feet and some ribs. Just back on the track and my first race I broke my collarbone again. Then the only races I raced are the European rounds 7, 8, 9 and the worlds the first race after the worlds I crashed again and broke my collarbone for the 3rd time this year.
 
o       European 2 (junior cruiser) Suisse
o       World 5  (junior men + cruiser) Bercy, France
o       Did my first AA-pro (elite-men) race in the USA (Finished 7th)
 
2004
o       Dutch Champion (junior men + cruiser)
o       European champion  (boys 16 + cruiser 15-16) Czech Republic
o       World champion (boys 16 + cruiser 15-16)  Netherlands
 
2003
o       2nd of Europe (boys 15) France
 
2002
o       Dutch champion and Dutch champion cruiser
o       European Champion (boys 14) Germany 
 
2001
o       3rd of Europe (boys 13) Switzerland
 
2000
o       European champion (12 boys) France
o       World champion (12 cruiser) W2 (boys 12) Argentina
 
1999
o       European champion (boys 11 years and cruiser 12-) the Netherlands
o       World champion (11 Boys) and 4th (cruiser 12 -) France
 
1998
o       Dutch Champion (boys 10)
o       2nd of Europe (boys 10) Germany
 
1997
o       Dutch Champion (boys 9)
o       2nd of Europe (boys 9) Netherlands
o       5th of the world (boys 9) Canada
 
1996
o       2nd of Europe (boys 8) Switzerland
o       2nd of the world (boys 8) United Kingdom
 
1995
o       2nd of Europe (boys 7) France

 

 
 
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