Chris Hoy

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy MBE (born 23 March 1976) is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

Sir
Chris Hoy
MBE
Hoy at the Homecoming Parade in Glasgow in 2012
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Andrew Hoy
Born (1976-03-23) 23 March 1976
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1984–1986Scotia BMX
1986–1991GT Factory BMX Team
1992–1993Dunedin CC
1994–2001City of Edinburgh RC
2001–2003Team Athena
2004Team Persil
2005–2007Team Wolfson Microelectronics / Miller
Professional teams
2008–2013Team Sky+ HD
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Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's track cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 6 1 0
World Championships 11 8 6
Commonwealth Games 2 0 2
European Championships 0 0 1
Total 19 9 9
Olympic Games
2004 Athens1 km time trial
2008 BeijingSprint
2008 BeijingTeam sprint
2008 BeijingKeirin
2012 LondonTeam sprint
2012 LondonKeirin
2000 SydneyTeam sprint
World Championships
2002 Ballerup1 km time trial
2002 BallerupTeam sprint
2004 Melbourne1 km time trial
2005 Los AngelesTeam sprint
2006 Bordeaux1 km time trial
2007 Palma de Mallorca1 km time trial
2007 Palma de MallorcaKeirin
2008 ManchesterSprint
2008 ManchesterKeirin
2010 BallerupKeirin
2012 MelbourneKeirin
1999 BerlinTeam sprint
2000 ManchesterTeam sprint
2006 BordeauxTeam Sprint
2007 Palma de MallorcaTeam Sprint
2008 ManchesterTeam sprint
2011 ApeldoornKeirin
2011 ApeldoornTeam sprint
2011 ApeldoornSprint
2001 AntwerpTeam sprint
2003 StuttgartTeam sprint
2004 MelbourneTeam sprint
2005 Los Angeles1 km time trial
2010 BallerupTeam Sprint
2012 MelbourneSprint
European Championships
2010 PruszkówTeam Sprint
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester1 km time trial
2006 MelbourneTeam sprint
2002 ManchesterTeam sprint
2006 Melbourne1 km time trial

Hoy is an 11-time world champion and a six-time Olympic champion. With a total of seven Olympic medals, six gold and one silver, Hoy is the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time. Between 2012 and 2021, he was the most successful British Olympian and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. In 2021, he finally ceded both records to erstwhile colleague and rival Sir Jason Kenny. His 17 global titles across four disciplines make Hoy the most successful track cyclist at the global level of all times.

With his three gold medals in 2008 Summer Olympics, Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympian, the first British athlete to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908, and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. After winning a further two gold medals (in the keirin and team sprint) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hoy has won the second-most Olympic gold medals (six) of all British athletes, behind Jason Kenny, and more total medals (seven) than any except fellow cyclists Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins. Hoy has won Olympic gold medals in more separate events — team sprint (twice), match sprint, keirin (twice) and kilo — than any other cyclist.

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