Chris Hoy
Facts
22 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- March 23, 1976
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom[6]
- Occupation
- sport cyclist, racing automobile driver, autobiographer
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh, George Watson's College[7][8]
- Award received
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Knight Bachelor, Member of the Order of the British Empire[9][10][11]
- Official website
- www.chrishoy.com[18]
- Birth name
- Christopher Andrew Hoy[29]
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom[30]
- Height
- +186[31]
- Mass
- +92[32]
- Nickname
- The Real McHoy / His Royal Hoyness[28]
- Participant in
- 2000 Summer Olympics, cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's Keirin, cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's Keirin, cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's track time trial, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
- Social media followers
- 649k (649k–679k, n=4)
- Sports discipline competed in
- track cycling[33]
- ISNI
- 0000000114527477
- VIAF cluster ID
- 96794398
- Library of Congress authority ID
- nb2009021495
- GND ID
- 139591427
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- UCI Track World Championships 2020 110.jpg ↗
- 2006 Commonwealth Games athlete ID (archived)
- 109057
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 06p707
- BBC Things ID
- 28534463-b208-4d9c-994b-63f054940732
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
- HoyChris1976-
- CONOR.SI ID
- 300601955
- CineMagia person ID
- 553019
- Commonwealth Games Federation athlete ID (archived)
- 45088
Show all 49 identifiers +37
- CycleBase cyclist ID
- 23231
- Cycling Archives cyclist ID
- 12714
- Driver Database driver ID
- chris-hoy
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Christopher-Hoy
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- chris-hoy
- FAST ID
- 1926027
- FirstCycling rider ID
- 5668
- Freebase ID
- /m/06p707
- Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
- 1399
- Geni.com profile ID
- 6000000017273388533
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Chris_Hoy
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 4695271
- ISFDB author ID
- 231061
- IdRef ID
- 264317777
- InterSportStats athlete ID
- 3000556294
- Lex ID
- Chris_Hoy
- Motorsportstats.com driver ID
- chris-hoy
- Munzinger Sport number
- 01000007618
- Mémoire du cyclisme cyclist ID
- 6332
- NE.se ID
- chris-hoy
- NSK (VIAF) ID
- 000764589
- NSK ID
- 981005728326509366
- NUKAT ID
- n2022067016
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9813159327705606
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
- mp68577
- Olympedia people ID
- 90388
- Olympic.org athlete ID (archived)
- chris-hoy
- Olympics.com athlete ID
- chris-hoy
- Scottish Sports Hall of Fame inductee ID
- g-k/sir-chris-hoy-mbe, sir-chris-hoy-mbe
- Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
- ho/chris-hoy-1
- Team GB athlete ID
- chris-hoy, lD9uhC9G4Jd3igjjbCHuG
- Team Scotland athlete ID
- chris-hoy
- The Guardian topic ID
- sport/chrishoy
- Trading Card Database name ID
- 72161
- UCI rider ID
- 15643
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJxMpw8WMGgyCRqtx9vmBP
- X (Twitter) username
- chrishoy
← Winner 8
Participant in 7
Participated in 4
Occupation 3
Sport 3
Award received 2
Country for sport 1
Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Medical condition 1
Place of birth 1
Sex or gender 1
Sports discipline competed in 1
← Flag bearer 1
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Summary
Chris Hoy was born on March 23, 1976[1], in Edinburgh[2]. He has worked as a sport cyclist[3], racing automobile driver[4], and autobiographer[5].
FAQs
Where was Chris Hoy born?
Chris Hoy was born in Edinburgh[2].
What did Chris Hoy do for work?
Chris Hoy worked as a sport cyclist[3], racing automobile driver[4], and autobiographer[5].
Where did Chris Hoy go to school?
Chris Hoy was educated at University of Edinburgh[7] and George Watson's College[8].
What awards did Chris Hoy receive?
Honors received include BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award[9], Knight Bachelor[10], and Member of the Order of the British Empire[11].
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evidence “'So gutted that I'm going to have to miss Sir Chris Hoy's Tour de 4 this Sunday due to an injury.” dailymail.com · read source
evidence “The 59-year-old comedian and BBC star has been left "gutted" as he was forced to pull out of a charity bike ride in Glasgow on Sunday (September 6) with Sir Chris Hoy to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK.” dailystar.co.uk · read source
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evidence “Jeremy joins a number of other well-known figures who have also received a prostate cancer diagnosis, including multiple Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Stephen Fry, and former Prime Minister Sir David Cameron.” walesonline.co.uk · read source