Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy

Hoy at the Homecoming Parade in Glasgow, to celebrate the achievements of Scottish competitors at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Andrew Hoy
Born	(1976-03-23) 23 March 1976 (age 41) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Cycling
Amateur team(s)
1984–1986	Scotia BMX
1986–1991	GT Factory BMX Team
1992–1993	Dunedin CC
1994–2001	City of Edinburgh RC
2001–2003	Team Athena
2004	Team Persil
2005–2007	Team Wolfson Microelectronics / Miller
Professional team(s)
2008	Team Sky+ HD
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 Athens 1 km time trial 2008 Beijing Sprint 2008 Beijing Team sprint 2008 Beijing Keirin 2012 London Team sprint 2012 London Keirin 2000 Sydney Team sprint World Championships 2002 Ballerup 1 km time trial 2002 Ballerup Team sprint 2004 Melbourne 1 km time trial 2005 Los Angeles Team sprint 2006 Bordeaux 1 km time trial 2007 Palma de Mallorca 1 km time trial 2007 Palma de Mallorca Keirin 2008 Manchester Sprint 2008 Manchester Keirin 2010 Ballerup Keirin 2012 Melbourne Keirin 1999 Berlin Team sprint 2000 Manchester Team sprint 2006 Bordeaux Team Sprint 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team Sprint 2008 Manchester Team sprint 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint 2011 Apeldoorn Sprint 2001 Antwerp Team sprint 2003 Stuttgart Team sprint 2004 Melbourne Team sprint 2005 Los Angeles 1 km time trial 2010 Ballerup Team Sprint 2012 Melbourne Sprint European Championships 2010 Pruszków Team Sprint Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 1 km time trial 2006 Melbourne Team sprint 2002 Manchester Team sprint 2006 Melbourne 1 km time trial

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, MBE (born 23 March 1976), known as Chris Hoy, is a British racing driver and former track cyclist who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

Hoy is eleven-times a world champion and six-times an 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.

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 more Olympic gold medals (six) than any other British athlete along with Jason Kenny, and more total medals (seven) than any except fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins.

The son of David and Carol Hoy, Chris Hoy grew up in the suburb of Murrayfield, near Edinburgh, and was educated at George Watson's College, a private school, followed by two years at the University of St Andrews studying Mathematics and Physics until 1996. He subsequently transferred to the University of Edinburgh, from which he graduated B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Sports Science in 1999.