Christopher Andrew 'Chris' Hoy, MBE (born March 23, 1976) is a British racing driver and former track cyclist who competed for Great Britain in the Olympics and World Championships, as well as for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. Hoy has won eleven world championships and six Olympic medals. Hoy is the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time, having won seven medals in total, six gold and one silver.
With winning three gold medals at the 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 two more gold medals (in the keirin and team sprint) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hoy now has more Olympic gold medals (six) and overall medals (seven, tied with fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins) than any other British athlete.
Christopher Andrew Hoy Achievements
World Track Cycling Championships of the UCI:
- 1999 – Team sprint - silver medalist.
- 2000 – Team sprint - silver medalist.
- 2001 – Team sprint -bronze medalist.
- 2002 – Gold medalist in the one-kilometer time trial; gold medalist in the team sprint.
- 2003 – Team sprint -bronze medalist.
- 2004 – Gold medalist in the one-kilometer time trial; bronze medalist in the team sprint.
- 2005 – Gold medalists in the team sprint; bronze medalists in the one-kilometer time trial.
- 2006 – Gold medalist in the one-kilometer time trial; silver medalist in the team sprint.
- 2007 – Gold medalist in the keirin; gold medalist in the one-kilometer time trial; silver medalist in the team sprint.
- 2008 – Sprint gold medal; Keirin gold medal; Team sprint silver medal.
- 2010 – Gold medalist in the Keirin; bronze medalist in the team sprint.
- 2011 – Silver medalist in the keirin; silver medalist in the team sprint; silver medalist in the sprint.
- 2012 – Gold medalist in the keirin; bronze medalist in the sprint.
- 2000 – Team sprint silver medalist (with Craig MacLean and Jason Queally).
- 2004 – 1 km track time trial gold medalist.
- 2008 –Team sprint gold medal (with Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff); keirin gold medal; sprint gold medal.
- 2012 – Team sprint gold medal (with Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes); Keirin gold medal.
World Track Cycling Rankings by the UCI:
- 2009–10 – 3rd Keirin
- 2010–11 – 2nd Keirin, 3rd Team sprint
- 2011–12 – 1st Keirin
Commonwealth Games:
- 2002 – Gold medalist in the one-kilometer time trial; bronze medalist in the team sprint (with Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar)
- 2006 – Bronze medal-1 km time trial; gold medal-team sprint (with Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar).
Special awards:
- 2003, 2008 – Scotland's Sports Personality of the Year is chosen by the BBC Scotland.
- 2008 –The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is given to a person who has excelled in sports.
- 2014 – Lifetime Achievement Award for BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
