Name: Jordi Schippers
Nickname: Jordi
B-Day / Age: 22-03-1995 11
City/Country: Bergeijk / Netherlands
Sponsors: Crupi-shimano-tve sport-fly-661-answer-lizardskins-Berma Bmx race parts
Accomplishments: 2 times worldchampion UCI
- 1 time UCI world numer 2
- 2 times European UEC champion
- 1 time European UEC number 2
- 4 times Dutch national champion

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Favorites:
- Food: Lasagna
- Drink: Sprite / fruitshake
- Riders: Martijn Scherpen - Joey Bradford - Robert de Wilde - DR -
- Track: Luyksgestel - cheddar -
- Website: Bmxmania - martijnscherpen - JoeyBradford.com - www.bmx-videos.com
- Music Artist: All music except opera/classic

How many years have you been racing and how did you get started in BMX?: 7 years , my older brother Nick raced already. We wanted to race MX but our parents wanted us to race BMX first. We raced MX for 2 years but sold our mx bikes because of the injury risk.

Do you play any other sports?: I like snowboarding in winter

Who do you look up to?: Martijn Scherpen - Jelle van Gorkom - Jorg de Louw - Pete Phillips

Who are some of your biggest competitors?: Malyk Bindloss - Maxime Vicat - Jeremy Rencurel

How would a normal day for you go?: Wake up - get breakfast- go to school - play with friends - have dinner - practice twice a week - go to bed early

You have any brothers or sisters?: My sister Robin - my older brother Nick and my younger brother Jay

what are some of your long-term goals in BMX and life?: Try to become a pro bmx-er or get a good paid job and buy me a fast sportscar

You have been with Crupi/Europe for a long time now.. how are things going with them?: I always wished to race for them, became like my family, hope to race for Crupi as long as possible

2005 was a great year for you, winning both the European Championships and UCI World Championships, then 2006 you won the UCI Worlds again in Brazil, how did you feel about those races?: Winning both euro and world championships the first time was great, specialy worlds in Paris. But winning Sao Paolo so far from home was also special

What kinds of preperations do you do for big races like those?: Go to bed early and practice about 4 times a week

You have travled to a lot of different countries, where are some of the favorite places you have been?: Usa/christmas classic - look forward to visit Victoria and maybe see some whales - and nothing to do with bmx but i like snowboarding in Austria

Any last words/thanks: Thanks to Pete Phillips, Jorg de Louw (coach) and Greg swingrover (Crupi) my mum and dad to take us all over the world to race

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Name Game:

Martijn Scherpen: Very kind - super fast on the right (CRUPI) bike (lol)

Liam Phillips: Teammate, always happy and incredible kind, always laughing and jooking , bad luck on the wrong moments

Pete Phillips: BMX guru/father to a lot of kids, always honest and says whats on his mind, known all over the world. likes to make you happy then he's happy to

Jelle Van Gorkom: Teammate, fastest "kid" , racing lookes so easy when he is on the track

Artis Zentis: Teammate, always talking and enthusiastic, can concentrate on a race like no-one else

Willy Kanis: Fastest dutch girl, big loss for bmx , future velodrome olympic champion

Malyk Bindloss: Had some good and bad experiences with him, was not realy sporting last year at christmas classic

Jared Reuter: Good "big" friend , great he is back on the track again, wished he was a litle shorter

Carlos Ramierez: He is crazy, always fun when he is there