Chris Hoy

Sir
Chris Hoy
MBE

Hoy in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Andrew Hoy
Born	(1976-03-23) 23 March 1976 (age 48) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)[1]
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
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
2008–2013	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) is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

Hoy is an 11-time world champion and a six-time 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. Between 2012 and 2021, he was the most successful British Olympian and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. His 17 global titles across four disciplines make Hoy the second most successful track cyclist at the global level of all times behind Harrie Lavreysen.

With his three gold medals in 2008 Summer Olympics, Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympian, the first British male 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 the second-most Olympic gold medals (six) of all British athletes, behind Jason Kenny, and more total medals (seven) than any except fellow cyclists Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins. Hoy has won Olympic gold medals in more separate events — team sprint (twice), match sprint, keirin (twice) and kilo — than any other cyclist.

In September 2023, Hoy was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. In October 2024, he reported that his condition was terminal and that he had been given between two and four years to live.