Sir Chris Hoy, MBE

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 golds in both the Kilo and the Team Sprint paving the way to a further nine 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’s 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. Following his historic hat-trick of medals at the Beijing Olympics, Chris was voted 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year and was awarded a Knighthood in the 2009 New Year Honours list.

Chris suffered a set-back in early 2009 when he sustained a hip injury following a heavy fall at the Copenhagen world cup, leaving him unable to compete in the 2009 world championships. After a significant period of rest and recovery, Chris was back on form for the 2010 world championships which saw him regain his Keirin world champion title.

After coming second in the Keirin final at the 2011 world championships in Apeldoorn, Chris came back in what was to be an epic tactical finish storming through an impossible gap to beat the opposition to the finish line and win back the title in Melbourne in 2012.

Twitter: @chrishoy
Website: www.chrishoy.com

2012

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne, Gold, Keirin, Bronze, Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London Gold, Keirin, Gold, Sprint, Bronze, Team Sprint

2011

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Kazakhstan Gold, Sprint, Silver, Keirin

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apeldoorn Silver, Keirin, Silver, Team Sprint, Silver, Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester Gold, Keirin, Bronze, Sprint, Bronze, Team Sprint

2010

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Copenhagen Gold, Men’s Keirin, Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint (with Ross Edgar and Jason Kenny)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Melbourne Gold, Men’s Keirin, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali Silver, Men’s Team Sprint, Silver, Men’s Sprint

2009

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Copenhagen Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester Gold, Men’s Keirin, Gold, Men’s Sprint, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

2008

Olympic Games, Beijing Gold, Men’s Keirin, Gold, Men’s Sprint, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint (with Jamie Staff and Jason Kenny)

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester Gold, Men’s Keirin, Gold, Men’s Sprint, Silver, Men’s Team Sprint (with Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Copenhagen Gold, Men’s Keirin, Silver, Men’s Sprint

2007

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Palma Gold, Men’s Keirin, Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Silver, Men’s Team Sprint (with Ross Edgar and Craig MacLean)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Los Angeles Gold, Men’s Keirin, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint, Silver, Men’s Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Sydney Gold, Men’s Keirin, Bronze, Men’s Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Beijing Gold, Men’s Keirin, Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint

2006

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Silver, Men’s Team Sprint (with Craig MacLean and Jamie Staff)

Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (representing Scotland) Gold, Men’s Team Sprint (with Ross Edgar and Craig MacLean), Bronze, Men’s 1km TT

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Sydney Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

2005

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Los Angeles Gold, Men’s Team Sprint (with Jason Queally and Jamie Staff), Bronze, Men’s 1km TT

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester (2004/05 season) Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester (2005/06 season) Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Moscow Silver, Men’s Team Sprint

2004

Olympic Games, Athens Gold, Men’s 1km TT

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint (with Craig MacLean and Jamie Staff)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Sydney Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Moscow Silver, Men’s Team Sprint

2003

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Stuttgart Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint (with Craig MacLean and Jamie Staff)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cape Town Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

2002

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Copenhagen Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint (with Craig MacLean and Jamie Staff)

Commonwealth Games, Manchester (representing Scotland) Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint (with Ross Edgar, Craig MacLean and Marco Librizzi)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Sydney Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Moscow Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

2001

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Antwerp Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint (with Craig MacLean and Jamie Staff)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali Gold, Men’s 1km TT, Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint

2000

Olympic Games, Sydney Silver, Men’s Team Sprint (with Jason Queally and Craig MacLean)

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester Silver, Men’s Team Sprint (with Jason Queally and Craig MacLean)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Moscow Silver, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Turin Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint

1999

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Berlin Silver, Men’s Team Sprint (with Jason Queally and Craig MacLean)

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Mexico City Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Fiorenzuola Gold, Men’s Team Sprint

1998

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hyeres Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint

1997

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Fiorenzuola Silver, Men’s Team Sprint

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Athens Bronze, Men’s Team Sprint