Nationality: British
Date of birth: 23/03/1976
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 93kg
Team: Now retired
Twitter: @chrishoy
Chris Hoy became Great Britain's greatest ever Olympian at the London Games when he won his sixth gold medal. The Scot won his first Olympic medal in Sydney 2000 and his first gold in the kilometre TT in Athens 2004.
He then hit the big time when he won three gold medals in Beijing and returned to the UK as a national hero and instant sporting celebrity.
Hoy won two more gold medals in London to surpass the tally of rower, Sir Steve Redgrave.
Hoy retired in early 2013 but still works in the cycling industry. He launched his own range of bikes with Evans and works to promote cycling.
The velodrome built in Glasgow for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was named after him, although Hoy is himself from Edinburgh.
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‘If it’s not reviewed then it’s pretty criminal’ - Matt Bostock joins calls for urgent track barrier safety review
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Sir Chris Hoy calls for better safety measures after Commonwealth Games crash
Three riders were hospitalised yesterday after a horrific crash at Lee Valley VeloPark
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Chris Hoy voted Britain's best Olympian; Bradley Wiggins down in eighth
With six gold medals from three Olympic Games, Sir Chris Hoy was voted Britain's favourite Olympian in a poll by Team GB outfitters Simon Jersey
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Sir Chris Hoy to write children's cycling story books
Sir Chris Hoy will co-author the Flying Fergus book series, due to be published in March 2016
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Sir Chris Hoy - 80 medals and counting
Team GB's linchpin set to add to his international medal tally
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Sir Chris Hoy calls for end to ‘us and them’ mentality between cyclists and drivers
Sir Chris Hoy said drivers and cyclists need to put themselves in each other’s shoes to improve road safety.
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Star-studded Champions of CycleSport Dinner raises £270,000 for charity (photos)
Geraint Thomas, Dani King, Sir Chris Hoy, Rochelle Gilmore, David Millar and Sir Dave Brailsford are among the guests at the annual Action Medial Research fundraiser
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Sir Chris Hoy on Shane Sutton: "I have never met anyone who gave so much"
Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy issues statement on Shane Sutton, saying that his "his uncompromising approach yielded unparalleled results"
