Joël Robert

Joël Robert

Joël Robert (Born November 26, 1943 in Chatelet, Belgium ) is a legendary Belgian motocross racer who won the 250cc Motocross World Championship six times including five times in a row.

He began his career in Grand Prix motocross racing for the Czechoslovakian firm CZ. In 1964, he became the youngest motocross World Champion at the time when, he clinched the 250cc class at the age of 20. He won the 250cc crown for CZ again in 1968 and 1969.

For the 1970 season, Robert was wooed from CZ by the Japanese manufacturer Suzuki, who was seeking to make inroads into the European dominated sport. He continued his winning streak with Suzuki by capturing the 250cc Grand Prix championship in 1970, 1971 and 1972. His record of 50 Motocross Grand Prix victories stood for more than 30 years until it was broken by fellow Belgian, Stefan Everts in 2004.

Robert is remembered as one of the most naturally talented motocross riders in history. In one of the most physically demanding disciplines in sports, he was notorious for his lack of training as well as his cigarette smoking. He even put his cigarette out on Sylvain Geboers's crossbar once on the start line at a series finale, which Joël ended up winning [http://www.transworldmotocross.com/mx/features/article/0,13190,1118798,00.html] . It is rumored that in his prime, Robert could pick up the back end of a small car by himself, he was that strong.

Robert was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000. Today, he continues his involvement in motocross by acting as manager for Belgium's Motocross des Nations team.

Motocross Grand Prix Results

*1964 250cc Motocross World Championship - 1st (CZ)
*1965 250cc Motocross World Championship - 2nd (CZ)
*1966 250cc Motocross World Championship - 2nd (CZ)
*1967 250cc Motocross World Championship - 2nd (CZ)
*1968 250cc Motocross World Championship - 1st (CZ)
*1969 250cc Motocross World Championship - 1st (CZ)
*1970 250cc Motocross World Championship - 1st (Suzuki)
*1971 250cc Motocross World Championship - 1st (Suzuki)
*1972 250cc Motocross World Championship - 1st (Suzuki)
*1973 250cc Motocross World Championship - 18th (Suzuki)
*1974 250cc Motocross World Championship - 10th (Suzuki)
*1975 250cc Motocross World Championship - 19th (Puch)

References

* [http://www.transworldmotocross.com/mx/features/article/0,13190,1118798,00.html transworldmotocross.com]
* [http://www.mxbikes.com/vintage/bikes70.php mxbikes.com]
* [http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=260 Motorcycle Hall of Fame]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Joel Robert — Joël Robert (* 26. November 1943 in Châtelet, Belgien) ist ein ehemaliger belgischer Motocross Rennfahrer und sechsfacher Weltmeister. Robert gewann 1964 als damals jüngster Fahrer der Geschichte auf ČZ den WM Titel in der Klasse bis 250 cm³. Es… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joël Robert — (* 26. November 1943 in Châtelet, Belgien) ist ein ehemaliger belgischer Motocross Rennfahrer und sechsfacher Weltmeister. Robert gewann 1964 als damals jüngster Fahrer der Geschichte auf ČZ den WM Titel in der Klasse bis 250 cm³. Es folgten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joel Robert — Joël Robert Joël Robert, né le 24 novembre 1943 à Châtelet, est un pilote belge de motocross. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Palmarès 3 Notes et références …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joël Robert — Joël Robert, né le 24 novembre 1943 à Châtelet, est un pilote belge de motocross. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Palmarès 3 Notes et références 4 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joel Robert Poinsett — (Charleston (Carolina del Sur); 1779 1851), político y diplomático estadounidense. En 1810, es comisionado por el presidente de los Estados Unidos James Madison como agente especial para Sudamérica, permaneciendo como tal de forma itinerante en… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Joel — bzw. Joël ist ein männlicher Vorname, der auch als Familienname auftritt. Da es sich um einen Namen aus der Bibel handelt, wird er in vielen christlichen Ländern als Vorname verwendet und entsprechend unterschiedlich ausgesprochen.[1] Im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Robert (Familienname) — Robert ist ein Familienname. Bedeutung Robert ist die Norddeutsche Form für altgermanisch „Hrod berht“ und bedeutet „ruhmglänzend“. Zur Bedeutung des Familiennamens siehe auch: Herkunft und Bedeutung des Vornamens Robert. Varianten Robbert… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joel Rust — Joel Robert Rust (born 4 August 1989) is a musician and composer. He lives in London and studied composition with Jeffery Wilson at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior department before going on to read music at Emmanuel College,… …   Wikipedia

  • Joël Smets — Infobox Celebrity name = Joël Smets caption = birth date = birth date and age|1969|4|6 birth place = flagicon|BEL Mol, Belgium death date = death place = occupation = Motocross Racer salary = networth = website = Joël Smets (born April 6, 1969 in …   Wikipedia

  • Joel McCormack — is the designer of the NCR Corporation version of the p code machine which is a kind of Stack machine popular in the 1970s as the preferred way to implement new computing architectures and languages such as Pascal and BCPL. The NCR design shares… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”