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==Background== ==Background==

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Chris Hoy
Personal information
Full nameChris Hoy
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Chris Hoy
Medal record
Track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Ballerup 1km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2002 Ballerup Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2004 Melbourne 1km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2005 Los Angeles Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bordeaux 1km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2007 Palma de Mallorca 1km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Keirin
Silver medal – second place 1999 Berlin Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2000 Manchester Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2006 Bordeaux Team Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antwerp Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Stuttgart Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Melbourne Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Los Angeles 1km time trial
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 1km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 1km time trial

Chris Hoy MBE (born March 23, 1976 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish track cyclist. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold and silver medal winner. With his three gold medals in Beijing 2008 Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympian, the first Briton to win three medals in a single Olympic games since Henry Taylor, in 1908, and the most successful Olympic male cyclist everCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)..

Background

Hoy went to school at George Watson's College, an independent school in Edinburgh. He continued studies at the University of St Andrews in 1996, before transferring to Moray House at the University of Edinburgh from where he graduated with a BSc (Hons) in sports science in 1999. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in July 2005 and another from Heriot-Watt University in November 2005.

Hoy was inspired to cycle aged six by the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Before track cycling, Hoy raced BMX between the ages of 7 and 14 and was ranked 2nd in Britain, 5th in Europe and 9th in the world. He received sponsorship from Slazenger and Kwik-fit and was competing in Europe and the US. Hoy also rowed for the Scottish junior team, coming second in the 1993 British championship with Grant Florence in the coxless pairs. He also played rugby as part of his school's team.

Hoy joined his first cycling club, Dunedin CC, in 1992 and began concentrating on track cycling in 1994, when he joined the City of Edinburgh Racing Club.

Achievements

Hoy was made an MBE for services to cycling in the 2005 New Year's Honours List. Much like fellow British Athlete Rebecca Adlington, due to his success at the 2008 Olympic games winning 3 gold medals, he too has been suggested as a contender for Knighthood upon retirement.

On 12 May, 2007, Hoy attempted the world record for the kilometre. He fell 0.005 seconds short, clocking 58.880. He set a record for the 500m flying start at 24.758 seconds, a second less than the 25.850 set by Arnaud Duble. Hoy set the sea-level kilometre record of 1 minute 0.711 seconds by winning the Olympics in Athens in 2004. The outright record of 58.875 seconds is held by Arnaud Tournant (France), set during 2001 at altitude in La Paz, Bolivia, where Hoy also attempted to break the record.

Hoy is an ambassador for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , and the Scottish National Velodrome being built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is to be named in Chris Hoy's honour.

Hoy became the first British Olympian for 100 years to claim three golds at one games at the 2008 Bejing games.

World Championships
  • 1999 - Silver, team sprint
  • 2000 - Silver, team sprint
  • 2001 - Bronze, team sprint
  • 2002 - Gold, 1km time trial; Gold, team sprint
  • 2003 - Bronze, team sprint
  • 2004 - Gold, 1km time trial; Bronze team sprint
  • 2005 - Gold, team sprint; Bronze, 1km time trial
  • 2006 - Gold, 1km time trial; Silver team sprint
  • 2007 - Gold, keirin; Gold, 1km time trial; Silver, team sprint
  • 2008 - Gold, sprint; Gold, keirin; Silver, team sprint
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
  • 2002 - Gold, 1km time trial; Bronze, team sprint (with Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar)
  • 2006 - Bronze, 1km time trial
  • 2006 - Gold, team sprint (with Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar)
Special awards

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography - HOY Chris". Beijing Olympics official website.
  2. "Chris Hoy is on course to become Scotland's greatest Olympian". The Scotsman. 15 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Biography". chrishoy.com.
  4. Deborah Charles (2008-08-19). "E.T. fan Hoy is out of this world". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  5. ^ "Chris Hoy. Track cyclist". BT Plc.
  6. Jill Douglas (13 May 2007). "Hoy sets new world best over 500m". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Velodrome honour for golden Hoy". BBC Sport. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-08-19.

See also

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