For the first time in 100 years, a British Olympian has won 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games. Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy made history at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China by winning 3 gold medals for Great Britain. He won medals in the men's keirin (mass start track cycling race), the team sprint, and the men's individual sprint. He has now won a total of 5 Olympic medals in 3 consecutive Olympic games.

Chris Hoy was born in Edinburgh on March 23, 1976 to parents Carol and David. He has a sister Carrie. He graduated with a degree in sports science from the University of Edinburgh in 1999, since then he has been awarded two honorary doctorates from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

Hoy started out in BMX racing at the age of 7 and was involved in the sport until he was 14; he was ranked 2nd in Britain and competed in Europe and the United States. In 1992 he joined the Dunedin Cycling club where he competed in time trials, mountain bike, road and track racing. In 1994 he joined the City of Edinburgh Racing Club to concentrate on track cycling.

Hoy has won several world and Olympic medals. In 2006 he won a bronze medal and two gold in the World Cup; he has won something in every world event he has entered since 1999. In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Hoy won a silver medal in the team sprint. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, he won a gold medal in the Kilo time trial event. In the Athens Olympics he also set an Olympic record, a world record and a British record. Hoy also holds several world records in cycling.

In 2005, Hoy received an MBE for his services to cycling. The Scottish National Velodrome, which is being build for the 2014 Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow, will be named after him.

Chris Hoy now lives in Salford, England.

The future is bright for Chris Hoy. Who knows how many more records he will hold in his career. I'm sure more Olympic gold medals are in his future. In 2012, Hoy will most likely be representing the UK when the Olympics are held in London, England.