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Steve Hislop

Steve Hislop

Scottish motorcycle racer (1962–2003) Steve HislopHislop in 1992NationalityBritishBorn(1962-01-11)11 January 1962Hawick, ScotlandDied30 July 2003(2003-07-30) (aged 41)Teviothead, Scotland Motorcycle racing career statistics British Superbike ChampionshipActive years1995, 1998, 2002 ManufacturersYamahaChampionships2 (1995, 2002) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 0 0 0 0 0 0 Isle of Man TT careerTTs contested11 (1984 – 1994) TT wins11First TT win1987 Formula 2 TTLast TT win1994 Senior TTTT podiums19 Robert Steven Hislop (11 January 1962 – 30 July 2003) was a Scottish motorcycle racer. Hislop won at the Isle of Man TT eleven times, was the British 250cc Champion (1990) and lifted the British Superbike championship on two occasions (1995 and 2002). Hislop died when piloting his Robinson R44 helicopter in July 2003. He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010. Biography Hislop on the Norton 588 at Creg-ny-Baa, Isle of Man in 1992 Hislop was born into a close, Scottish Borders family. He grew up in the village of Chesters near the town of Hawick with his father Sandy, mother Margaret and younger brother Garry [his best friend]. Sandy encouraged his bo