Corine Dorland
Encyclopedia
Corine Stam-Dorland (born June 30, 1973 in Loenen
, Gelderland
) was a Dutch amateur "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1996. From 1996 to 2006 she was also an accomplished Mountain Bike (MTB) Cyclo-cross and Road Bike racer. Her nickname during her BMX career was "The Queen of BMX", largely for her nearly unbroken streak of a total of ten World Champions, several European Championships and an almost equal number of National championships from when she was eight years old until she was 21. She was to Holland and European BMX as a whole as Cheri Elliott
was to American BMX. Indeed, her career was much longer than Elliott's garnering far more titles on the local, national and international level than her near contemporary American counterpart (Dorland is three years younger than Elliott). Dorland would go on to a respected MTB cross country (XC) racing career. In that sub-discipline Dorland would capture three national titles in MTB and earn a spot on Holland's 2000 Sydney, Australia Olympic team. She also went on to fulfill a prediction that many had made for her in another area. Because of her stunning physical beauty, she was also a model in her adult years concurrent with her MTB career. She appeared in many racing related advertisements. As with Elliott in the United States, many a male BMXer was sad to see her retire from the world of BMX.
Started Racing: 1980 at six years old.
First race result: She won.
Sanctioning Body: Stichting Fietscross Nederland (SFN) (in English the Dutch Bicycle Motocross Foundation).
First win (local): See "First race result".
First sponsor:
First National race result:
First national win:
Turned Professional: No Professional Career
First Professional race result: See Above.
First Professional win: See Above.
Retired: 1996 at 23 years old. She started Mountain Bike Racing during her last year of BMX. Crossed over fully into Mountain Bike racing in 1997 and later into Cyclo-Cross and Road Racing. She left BMX because she had won everything.
Height & weight at height of her career (1994): Ht:5'7" Wt:~130 lbs
Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF)
National Bicycle Association
(NBA)
National Bicycle League
(NBL)
American Bicycle Association
(ABA)
United States Bicycle Motocross Association
(USBA)
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)***
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)***
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)***
Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
BMX Plus!:
Total BMX
Bicycles and Dirt:
Bicross Magazine & Bicross & Skate Magazine
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (the NBL official publication under two different names):
ABA Action, American BMX'er, BMXer (the ABA official publication under three different names):
USBA Racer (the USBA official publication):
Sub Discipline: Cross country (XC)
First race result:
Sanctioning body: UCI
Retired: 2005
Union Cycliste Internationale
(UCI)
National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)
USA Cycling
An April 2007 image.
It was predicted while she was in the middle of her BMX career that she could be a model because of her early developing beauty. Such predictions came true.
http://home.planet.nl/~vuurm001/dorland1.jpg
http://home.planet.nl/~vuurm001/dorland2.jpg
Corine posing in famous Sportsweek magazine advertisement.
Loenen (Apeldoorn)
Loenen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Apeldoorn, about 10 km southeast of that city.Loenen was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Apeldoorn.-References:...
, Gelderland
Gelderland
Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
) was a Dutch amateur "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1996. From 1996 to 2006 she was also an accomplished Mountain Bike (MTB) Cyclo-cross and Road Bike racer. Her nickname during her BMX career was "The Queen of BMX", largely for her nearly unbroken streak of a total of ten World Champions, several European Championships and an almost equal number of National championships from when she was eight years old until she was 21. She was to Holland and European BMX as a whole as Cheri Elliott
Cheri Elliott
Cheri Elliott was an American champion female bicycle motocross racer in the 1980s, and a champion Downhill and Slalom mountain bike racer in the 1990s and early 2000s. During her BMX career, she spent most of her racing career on the national circuit with the Skyway Recreation factory team...
was to American BMX. Indeed, her career was much longer than Elliott's garnering far more titles on the local, national and international level than her near contemporary American counterpart (Dorland is three years younger than Elliott). Dorland would go on to a respected MTB cross country (XC) racing career. In that sub-discipline Dorland would capture three national titles in MTB and earn a spot on Holland's 2000 Sydney, Australia Olympic team. She also went on to fulfill a prediction that many had made for her in another area. Because of her stunning physical beauty, she was also a model in her adult years concurrent with her MTB career. She appeared in many racing related advertisements. As with Elliott in the United States, many a male BMXer was sad to see her retire from the world of BMX.
Racing career milestones
----Started Racing: 1980 at six years old.
First race result: She won.
Sanctioning Body: Stichting Fietscross Nederland (SFN) (in English the Dutch Bicycle Motocross Foundation).
First win (local): See "First race result".
First sponsor:
First National race result:
First national win:
Turned Professional: No Professional Career
First Professional race result: See Above.
First Professional win: See Above.
Retired: 1996 at 23 years old. She started Mountain Bike Racing during her last year of BMX. Crossed over fully into Mountain Bike racing in 1997 and later into Cyclo-Cross and Road Racing. She left BMX because she had won everything.
Height & weight at height of her career (1994): Ht:5'7" Wt:~130 lbs
Amateur
- Peugeot: 1982
- Vicuna Kuwahara (European division): 1983-December 1986 "Kuwahara" means "Mulberry Meadows" in Japanese. The company is named after Sentaro Kuwahara who founded the company in 1916 in Osaka, Japan.
- AMEV Nederland b.v.: January 1, 1987-December 1988. AMEV at the time Dorland was sponsored by them was a life insurance and banking firm. AMEV in Dutch stands for Algemeene Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Verzekeringsmaatschappijen which in English literally translates to General Society To Develop Insurance Companies.
- Be-One: December 1988-December 1989
- Royal Dutch KNWU: January 1990-December 1990
- Sunn: December 1990-December 1991
- GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles (European division): 1992-1996
Amateur
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU)- 1983 8-9 Girls Holland National No.1
- 1985 10-11 Girls Holland National No.1
- 1986 12-13 Girls Holland National No.1
- 1987 12-13 Girls Holland National No.1
- 1988 14-15 Girls Holland National No.1
Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF)
National Bicycle Association
National Bicycle Association
The National Bicycle Association , later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association was an United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981...
(NBA)
- None
National Bicycle League
National Bicycle League
The National Bicycle League is a United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio...
(NBL)
- None
American Bicycle Association
American Bicycle Association
The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...
(ABA)
- 1992 17 & Over Girls Race of Champions Champion
- 1992 17 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion
United States Bicycle Motocross Association
United States Bicycle Motocross Association
The United States Bicycle Association was a short lived Bicycle Motocross national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in March 1984 by five former members of the American Bicycle Association : Rich Mann, Dave Cook, Geoff Sims, Steve Schaefer and Rod Keeling, who became the...
(USBA)
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)***
- 1983 8-9 Girls World Champion
- 1984 10-11 Girls European Champion
- 1984 10-11 Girls World Champion
- 1985 10-11 Girls European Champion
- 1985 12-13 Girls World Champion*
- 1986 12-13 Girls European Champion
- 1986 12-13 Girls World Champion
- 1987 12-13 Girls European Champion
- 1987 14 Girls World Champion*
- 1988 14-15 Girls European Champion
- 1988 14-15 Girls World Champion*
- 1989 15 Girls European Challenge Cup VI Champion**
- 1989 17 Girls World Champion***/*
- 1990 17 Girls Bronze Medal World Champion
- 1991 17 Girls European Champion
- 1991 18 & Over Girls World Champion*
- 1992 17 & Over Girls International Indoor Leeuwarden Winner
- 1992 17 & Over Girls European Champion
- 1992 18 & Over Girls Silver Medal World Champion*
- 1993 18 & Over Girls European Champion
- 1993 18 & Over Girls World Champion*
- 1994 18 & Over Girls World Champion
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)***
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)***
- None. After a remarkable career of being consistently Girls IBMXF World Champion she finished her BMX career by coming in Seventh in Elite women at the 1996 UCI World Championships in Brighton, England. She converted to Mountain Bike (MTB) Racing in 1997.
BMX press magazine interviews and articles
- "Corine Dorland: Girl BMXer From Holland" Super BMX & Freestyle December 1987 Vol.14 No.12 pg.36
- "BMX's Fastest Female: Corine Dorland BMX Plus! December 1988 Vol.11 No.12 pg.39
- "Special Charme: Corinne Dorland/Melanie van Deene" Bicross & Skate Magazine Juillet/Aout (July/August) 1989 No.80 pg.65 A joint interview of Corine Dorland and fellow Dutch champion BMX racer Melaine van Deene by the French publication.
BMX magazine covers
----Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
- None
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
- None
BMX Plus!:
- None
Total BMX
- None
Bicycles and Dirt:
- None
Bicross Magazine & Bicross & Skate Magazine
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
- None
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (the NBL official publication under two different names):
- None
ABA Action, American BMX'er, BMXer (the ABA official publication under three different names):
- None
USBA Racer (the USBA official publication):
- None
Mountain Bike Career Record
Started racing: 1996Sub Discipline: Cross country (XC)
First race result:
Sanctioning body: UCI
Retired: 2005
Professional
- VSB Batavus: 1997-1999
- Be-One: 2000-2001
- Power Plate/Bik: 2002
- Bik/Powerplate: 2003
- Bik/Gios: 2004
Professional
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU)- 1999, 2000, 2001 Dutch National Champion
Union Cycliste Internationale
Union Cycliste Internationale
Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....
(UCI)
National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)
- None
USA Cycling
USA Cycling
USA Cycling or USAC, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the national governing body for bicycle racing in the United States. It covers the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX and collegiate racing...
Miscellaneous
Image of Corine in 2004 on the Powerplate/Bik team.
An April 2007 image.
It was predicted while she was in the middle of her BMX career that she could be a model because of her early developing beauty. Such predictions came true.
http://home.planet.nl/~vuurm001/dorland1.jpg
http://home.planet.nl/~vuurm001/dorland2.jpg
Corine posing in famous Sportsweek magazine advertisement.
External links
- The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
- The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
- The Dutch sanctioning body Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF) Website.
- The Dutch sanctioning body Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU) Website.
- Dames wiel rennen (Women's bicycle racing) MSN groups photo album of Corine Dorland during her Mountain bike, Cyclo-cross and Road Racing days.