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Chris Hoy Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Chris Hoy, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

4 records1976–20084 events2 places

Chronological biography

1976

Birth of Chris Hoy1976
Sport / Cycling · Edinburgh

Birth of Chris Hoy

2005

MBE2005
Sport / Cycling

Appointed a Member of Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to cycling

2008

Gold Medal2008
Sport / Cycling · Beijing

Hoy beomes the first British Olympian for 100 years to claim three golds at one games at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when he wins the mens keirin, the mens team sprint and also the mens individual sprint

Sports Personality of the Year14 December 2008
Sport / Cycling

Named BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.