An Nimbus 2001

> The top of the Nimbus Racing Broom Company's range. Capable of previously unseen speed and control. A world-class broom.
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> Description, Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

The **Nimbus 2001** was a broom produced by the ***Nimbus Racing Broom Company*** as part of their successful line of racing brooms.

## Broomstick Known nformation

### Owners

* Slytherin Quidditch team
* Draco Malfoy

## History

   Released in August 1992, it was faster than its predecessor, the Nimbus 2000. It officially became the fastest broom in existence, until the launch of the ***Firebolt*** in 1993. The broom itself was black and silver with revolving stirrups. Despite the ***Firebolt*** being faster, the Nimbus 2001 was still used by the majority of Quidditch teams across the globe.

In January 1994, after Harry Potter received a ***Firebolt*** as a Christmas gift, which was confiscated by Professor McGonagall on the grounds that it may have been sent by Sirius Black, ***Oliver Wood*** suggested Harry get a Nimbus 2001. However, Harry flatly refused to buy 'anything Malfoy thinks is good'.

## Known owners

   The Slytherin Quidditch team was outfitted with a Nimbus 2001 each by Lucius Malfoy, with the suggestion being that the gift was in exchange for his son, Draco Malfoy being made ***Seeker***. It is unknown whether the students who joined the team in later years, such as ***C. Warrington***, ***Vincent Crabbe***, and ***Gregory Goyle***, were given this model of broomstick when they joined the team or if they had to use the broomstick that they already had (if they had one).

If the new players were not given Nimbus 2001s when they joined the team and did not have brooms of their own, they probably had to use one of the old school brooms.

## Behind the scenes

* In the film adaptation of *Harry Potter and the Chamber-Of Secrets*, the Nimbus 2001 is shown to be black and silver. In the novel, the colour of the Nimbus 2001 is not mentioned.
* The Slytherin Quidditch team are riding broomsticks that seem to be black in colour, like the Nimbus 2001, except the tail end of some of their brooms have the twigs sticking out everywhere, unlike the Nimbus 2001s that we see in the film adaptation of *Harry Potter and the Chamber-Of Secrets*, whose tail ends are very straight and smooth possibly hinting that they have gotten older and the model is outdated. However, some of the Slytherins' broomsticks in look just like the Nimbus 2001s that we see in the film adaptation of *Harry Potter and the Chamber-Of Secrets*.
* The Nimbus 2001 is slightly shorter than the Nimbus 2000, but the bristles on the Nimbus 2001 are much longer than those on the Nimbus 2000. The stirrups on the 2001 are quite large and pivot to make your feet comfortable while sitting in different positions on the broom, whereas the stirrups on the 2000 are relatively small and are in a fixed position.
* In the film adaptation of *Harry Potter and the Chamber-Of Secrets*, Harry's Nimbus 2000 subsequently manages to be faster than Draco's Nimbus 2001, as seen in the Quidditch Match, Gryffindor vs Slytherin. This could be attributed to Harry being a better flyer than Draco due to the fact that Draco bought his way onto the team.
* It is unknown if any new models of the Nimbus brooms were made after the Nimbus 2001.

## Appearances

* *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film) (First Entire Appearance)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film) - 12, (*Mudbloods And Murmurs*)
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film) - 15, (*Rogue-Bludger*)
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film)