Chris Hoy

At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Hoy’s first games, he took silver in the team sprint with Jason Queally and Craig Maclean.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he demonstrated his talent in superb style when he beat the Olympic Champion Jason Queally to win the gold medal. Hoy then went on to win an equally dramatic world title in Copenhagen, beating the four-time champion, Arnaud Tournant of France, by one thousandth of a second and followed up by anchoring the three man Team Sprint team to their first world title.

The pre-Athens year proved a tough one as he finished outside the medals despite clocking a personal best in the Kilometre Time Trial. There was only a bronze in the team sprint as consolation.  However, Hoy put behind him a disappointing 2003 and at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games he won gold in the 1km time trial on the opening day of the track competition to ggive the team GB Cycling team a tremendous boost.

2005 proved almost as good winning  gold in the Team Sprint and recognition in the honours list. He also received two honorary doctorates.

In 2006 he took gold in the Kilometre Time Trial at the World Championship and also returned from the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with a gold, but not in the event he had expected. He finished 3rd in the Kilometre Time Trial but was part of the Scotland team which won the team sprint.

In 2007 he roared back to World Championship gold with victory in the Keirin, Team Pursuit and in his final Kilometre Time Trial to make it four world titles in six years.

In June 2009, Hoy returned to his first University, St Andrews to receive an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science. Sir Christopher Hoy, MBE, BSc, DSc. Hon.

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Last Updated August 2009