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Chris Hoy

Full name: Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy
Nickname(s): The Real McHoy / His Royal Hoyness
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1" (186 cm)
Weight: 203 lbs (92 kg)
Born: March 23, 1976 in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Title: Sir
Affiliations: Team Persil / Team terrydolan.co.uk
Country: GBR Great Britain
Sport: Cycling

Medals: 4 Gold, 1 Silver (5 Total)

Biography

Originally inspired to take up cycling by a sequence in the film “E.T.”, Chris Hoy was ranked as one of the top ten junior BMX riders in his teens. Hoy also competed in rowing and placed second in the coxless pairs at the British Junior Championships. He concentrated on track cycling from 1994 onwards in combination with his studies at St. Andrews and later Edinburgh Universities and debuted for the national track team in 1996.

Hoy earned his first world championship medal in 1999 with silver in the team sprint and repeated this performance at the Sydney Olympic Games. From 2001 onward he switched his attention to the 1km time trial and won a gold medal in the event at the World Championships in 2002, a year where he also anchored the British team sprinters to their first world title. After a relatively disappointing 2003 he rebounded in 2004 to regain his kilo world title and become the first Scottish cyclist to win an Olympic title. Hoy set the best time ever recorded at sea level when winning in Athens. Originally intending to contest the kilo at the Beijing Olympics, his plans were forced to change when the event was dropped to make way for the introduction of BMX. Hoy won the kilo at the 2006 and 2007 Worlds but also added the Keirin to his competition schedule, a decision which bore fruit when he took the world title in that event in both 2007 and 2008. At the 2008 World Championships he also became the first British cyclist for more than fifty years to win the World sprint title.

After leading the British sprint trio to a surprise win over their French rivals, he won his two individual events with relative ease and became the first Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games since swimmer Henry Taylor in 1908. His list of honours included four Olympic and nine World Championship gold medals, a combined total of 23 medals over both championships and 26 Track World Cup victories. He is only man to have won world titles at all four currently contested sprint disciplines. A feat he repeated in Olympic competition.

Results

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Men's Keirin Great Britain GBR AC h1 r2/4
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Men's Team Sprint Great Britain GBR 2 Silver
2004 Summer 28 Athina Cycling Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial Great Britain GBR 1 Gold OR
2004 Summer 28 Athina Cycling Men's Team Sprint Great Britain GBR 5
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Men's Sprint Great Britain GBR 1 Gold
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Men's Keirin Great Britain GBR 1 Gold
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Men's Team Sprint Great Britain GBR 1 Gold

Men's Sprint

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank RW T
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain Final Round Match 1/2 1 2
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain Semi-Finals Heat One 1 2
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain Quarter-Finals Heat One 1 2
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain Eighth-Finals Heat One 1 10.636
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain Round One Heat One 1 10.607
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain Qualifying Round 1 OR 9.815

Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial

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Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
2004 Summer 28 Athina Cycling Great Britain Final Standings 1 OR 1:00.711

Men's Keirin

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Great Britain Round One Repêchage Heat One AC DQ
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Great Britain Round One Heat Two 4

Men's Team Sprint

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank T
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Great Britain GBR Final Round Match 1/2 2 44.680
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Great Britain GBR Round One Heat Three 1 QU 44.517
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Cycling Great Britain GBR Qualifying Round 2 QU/OR 44.659
2004 Summer 28 Athina Cycling Great Britain GBR Round One Heat Three 2 44.075
2004 Summer 28 Athina Cycling Great Britain GBR Qualifying Round 7 QU 44.693
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain GBR Final Round Match 1/2 1 43.128
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain GBR Round One Heat Four 1 QU 43.034
2008 Summer 32 Beijing Cycling Great Britain GBR Qualifying Round 1 QU 42.950