Philip Hindes

Philip Hindes

Hindes at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full name	Philip Hindes
Born	(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 24) Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Team information
Current team	WIGGINS
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2016–	WIGGINS
Medal record Track cycling Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 Commonwealth Games 0 1 0 Total 2 1 0 Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London Team sprint 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sprint Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team sprint

Philip Hindes MBE (born 22 September 1992) is a British track cyclist, specialising in sprints. He holds dual nationality having been born in Germany to a British father. Having initially competed for Germany at a junior level, in 2010 he switched to the British Cycling programme. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the Men's team sprint, and again at the 2016 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the Men's team sprint.

Hindes was born in Krefeld, Germany. His father served with the British Army in Germany where he met Hindes' German mother. He attended Heinrich Heine Gymnasium, a specialist sports school in Kaiserslautern, where he was coached by Frank Zeigler. Hindes represented his region, North Rhine-Westphalia in rowing, following his brother into the sport.

Hindes began cycling in 2008 at the age of 15 in road racing events but switched to sprinting after two seasons. He represented Germany at the Junior World Track Championships in 2010, placing third in the team sprint and fourth in the individual sprint. Later that year Hindes moved to the United Kingdom and joined British Cycling’s Olympic Academy Programme. He received clearance to ride for Great Britain after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board waived the regulation that would have required him to wait three years before changing his national allegiance on account of his dual nationality.

In 2011 Hindes competed with Dave Daniell and Peter Mitchell in the men's team sprint at the Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing, finishing in sixth position.