Olympic Games
| Year | Venue | Sprint | 1km Time Trial | Keirin | Team Sprint |
| 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | Athens, GRE | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 18 | 2 |
World Championships
| Year | Venue | Sprint | 1km Time Trial | Keirin | Team Sprint |
| 2011/2012 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
| 2010/2011 | Apeldoorn, NED | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009/2010 | Ballerup, DEN | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | Manchester, GBR | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Bordeaux, FRA | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2003 | Stuttgart, GER | 3 | |||
| 2002 | Ballerup, DEN | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | Antwerp, BEL | 3 | |||
| 2000 | Manchester, GBR | 2 | |||
| 1999 | Berlin, GER | 2 |
European Championships
| Year | Venue | Team Sprint |
| 2011/2012 | Apeldoorn, NED | 5 |
| 2010/2011 | Pruszkow, POL | 3 |
World Cup Overview 2008 - 2012
| Year | Venue | Sprint | Keirin | Team Sprint |
| 2011/2012 | London, GBR | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011/2012 | Astana, KAZ | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010/2011 | Manchester, GBR | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010/2011 | Cali, COL | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010/2011 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009/2010 | Manchester, GBR | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008/2009 | Ballerup, DEN | 1 |
World Cup (Ranking)
| Year | Sprint | Keirin |
| 2011/2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010/2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009/2010 | 8 | 7 |
Nickname
Superman. (thisislondon.co.uk, 14 mar 2011)
Hobbies
Listening to music, playing chess, watching television, reading and catching up friends in the off-season. (chrishoy.com, 25 May 2004; velodrome.org.uk, 14 Apr 2008)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Sports Science - University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh, GBR
Family
Wife Sarra
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
Sky Track Cycling, Scotland
Coach
Iain Dyer [sprint] (guardian.co.uk, 29 Jan 2012)
Sporting relatives
He was Scottish BMX champion in his age group, was ranked number two in Britain and number five in Europe and finished 10th in his age group at the 1987 World BMX Championships. He also represented Scotland in rowing winning a silver medal in the coxless pairs at the British Junior Championships. (chrishoy.com, 09 Oct 2003)
Debut
1996 for Great Britain (chrishoy.com, 08 Jun 2004)
Injuries
Suffering with a chest infection, he was forced to withdraw and return home early from the 2011 European Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (chrishoy.com, 16 Nov 2011)
In February 2009, he sustained a hip injury in a crash during the keirin event at the World Cup meet in Copenhagen, Denmark. The injury kept him out of action for eight weeks. (guardian.co.uk, 19 Mar 2009)
He has suffered tendonitis in his right knee as well as other knee and back problems. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2000; NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up track cycling at the age of 18 in Scotland. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2000)
Reason for taking up this sport
He always loved riding bikes and was a successful BMX rider as a junior, but he lost enthusiasm for BMX in his early teens and fancied a change. He thought he was too small to become a top rower so turned to cycling after he decided he liked the idea of having complete control of his performance and none of the hassle or dependency of being involved in a crew. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2000; independent.co.uk, 24 Mar 2008; velodrome.org.uk, 14 Apr 2008)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Dragging track cycling into the British psyche. "If you were to walk into a pub most people would be able to name a few track cyclists, which would have been unheard of 10 years ago." (thisislondon.co.uk, 14 mar 2011)
Winning his first Olympic gold in the 1km time trial at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. "It was the realisation of a lifetime's dream. There was so much pressure in the build up to the event as I had to break the world record to get a gold medal." (britishcycling.org.uk, 08 Feb 2012)
Hero
Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Most influential person in career
His family and Great Britain cyclists Craig McClean and Jason Queally. (velodrome.org.uk, 14 Apr 2008)
Superstitions / Rituals
He listens to music while warming up on the rollers before a big race. (velodrome.org.uk, 14 Apr 2008)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Having a plan A isn't enough. You need a plan B, C and even D, and it's all about learning those plans, mastering them and being able to execute them." (thisislondon.co.uk, 14 Mar 2011)
"Get stuck in! Believe in yourself and don't give up when it gets tough." (velodrome.org.uk, 14 Apr 2008)
Awards
He was awarded the Emirates Lonsdale Trophy as Scottish Sportsperson of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. (independent.co.uk, 24 Mar 2008; scotsman.com, 25 Oct 2008)
He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Edinburgh, the Heriot Watt University and the University of St Andrews. (chrishoy.com, 08 Feb 2012)
He was knighted, and afforded the official title 'Sir', in the 2009 New Year Honours List. He is also a Member of the British Empire [MBE], which he received in the 2005 New Year Honours List. (chrishoy.com, 08 Feb 2012)
He was named Sports Personality of the Year in 2008, an award handed out to the outstanding British athlete of the year and voted for by the public. (bbc.co.uk, 14 Dec 2008)
General
HOY NOT FOY
He received harsh criticism from Tottenham Hotspur football fans on Twitter after a controversial loss to Stoke City in 2011. Fans mistook him for football referee Chris Foy, who had officiated the football match. (football365.com, 12 Dec 2011)
CHAMPION ADVICE
Prior to the 2012 London Olympic Games, he sought the advice of USA sprint champion Michael Johnson on the pressures of competing in front of a home crowd, which he did at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and also to Great Britain's Sir Steve Redgrave on the motivation required to keep striving for more Olympic gold medals. (thisislondon.co.uk, 28 Sep 2011)
UCI CRITICISM
In 2010 he criticised cycling's governing body the UCI for overhauling the qualification system for the 2012 London Olympic Games, allowing only one rider from each nation to compete in each event. "For me, it's just wrong. It makes no sense if the number one rider and the number two rider in the world are from the same country and yet the number two can't compete at the Olympics. The five top guys in sprinting are probably myself and Jason Kenny, two French guys and [Australia's] Shane Perkins, and only three of them will be at the Olympics. All five can be at the Worlds. It makes the Olympics less challenging. You want to have the very best people in action. You wouldn't tell the Jamaicans and the Americans they were only allowed one 100m runner or the Ethiopians or Kenyans that they could have just one entry in the long-distance races, would you? It's like the UCI are punishing us for doing too well." (thisislondon.co.uk, 02 Dec 2010, 14 mar 2011)
ONE HUNDRED YEAR WAIT
With victories in the sprint, team sprint and keirin events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first British athlete to win three gold medals at a single Games since swimmer Henry Taylor achieved the mark at the 1908 London Olympic Games. (telegraph.co.uk, 19 Aug 2008)
SPRINT QUARTET
His victory in the men's sprint at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester meant he became the first rider to win world titles in track cycling's four speed events - the 1km time trial, the team sprint, the keirin and the sprint. His gold was Great Britain's first in the men's sprint event at the world championships since Reg Harris claimed the title in 1954. (BBC Sport, 28 Mar 2008)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000
