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Name: Sir Chris Hoy
D.O.B.: 23/03/1976
Hometown: Edinburgh
Disciplines: Track Sprint

Major Results:

2008
Olympics, Beijing
Gold, Team Sprint
Gold, Sprint
Gold, Keirin
World Track Championships, Manchester
Gold, Keirin
Gold, Sprint
Silver, Team Sprint

2007
World Track Championships, Majorca
Gold, Men's Keirin
Gold, Men's Kilo
Silver, Team Sprint

2006
World Track Championships, Bordeaux
Gold, Kilometre
Silver, Team Sprint
 
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (representing Scotland)
Gold, Team Sprint
Bronze, Kilometre

2005
World Track Championships, Los Angeles
Gold, Team Sprint
Bronze, Kilometre

2004
Olympic Games, Athens
Gold, Kilometre
 
World Track Championships, Melbourne
Gold, Kilometre
Bronze, Team Sprint

2003
World Track Championships, Stuttgart
Bronze, Team Sprint

2002
World Track Championships, Denmark
Gold, Kilometre
Gold, Team Sprint

Commonwealth Games, Manchester (representing Scotland)
Gold, Kilometre
Bronze, Team Sprint

2001
World Track Championships, Belgium
Bronze, Team Sprint

2000
Olympic Games, Sydney
Silver, Team Sprint
 
World Track Championships, Manchester
Silver, Team Sprint

1999
World Track Championships, Berlin
Silver, Team Sprint

About Chris:

Sir Chris Hoy began on the path to cycling success at the age of seven, racing BMX and ranking ninth in the world by the time he was 14 years old.

As a senior, Chris turned his attention to track cycling and has been an integral member of the GB sprint squad since 1996. His first World medal came in 1999 in the form of a Silver in the Team Sprint, but it was in 2002 when the World Champion titles started rolling in, with a Gold in the Kilo and the Team Sprint paving the way to a further seven World Champion titles to date.

Chris won his first Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 in the Kilo – an event that was dropped from the programme for Beijing 2008. Chris took this in his stride and switched his focus to three other track sprint events – the Keirin, Sprint and Team Sprint. He went on to win a Gold medal in all three at the Beijing Olympics, cementing his name in the history books.

Chris' achievements throughout his career make him Scotland's most successful Olympian, the first Briton since 1908 to win three Gold medals in a single Olympic Games, and the most successful Olympic male cyclist of all time.