Biography of Chris Hoy[Age, Height, Wife, Kids, Family, Salary, Award & Net worth ]

According to the sources, the second-most decorated Olympic cyclist, Chris Hoy, portrays a net worth of $50 million.

As a matter of fact, Hoy is eleven times the world champion and six times the Olympic champion.

Altogether, he has collected seven Olympic medals to date. Among them, he has six gold and a silver medal.

Furthermore, Chris is the first British athlete to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games.

Additionally, he is also a racing driver. Without a doubt, Chris is Scotland’s most successful Olympian.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy
Date of Birth	23 March 1976
Birth Place	Edinburgh, Scotland
Nick Name	‘Medals Ahoy,’ ‘Hoy Joy,’ and ‘The Hoy Wonder’
Religion	Unknown
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	White
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Age	46 years old
Height	1.85 meters (6 feet 1 inch)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Hair Color	Bleached blonde
Eye Color	Light blue
Build	Athletic
Father’s Name	David Hoy
Mother’s Name	Carol Hoy
Siblings	Carrie Hoy
Education	George Watson’s College University of St Andrews University of Edinburgh
Marital Status	Married
Wife	Sarra Kemp (m. 2010)
Kids	Two children: Callum David Robert Hoy & Chloe
Profession	Former track cyclist and racing driver
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Active years	1984-2007
Other Roles	Author
Net Worth	$50 million
Social Media	Instagram, Twitter
Merch	Chris Hoy: The Autobiography, Hand Signed Olympic Photo
Last Update	August, 2022

How much has Chris Hoy garnered? | Earnings and Income

Apart from his career earnings from motorsports and cycling, Chris Hoy has garnered a lot from his brand deals. Furthermore, he also gains from sponsors and his own firm.

Before his game in Beijing, Chris Hoy, at first, struggled to land into good deals.

Back then, he earned £24,000 a year in Lottery grants and was only featured in small-scale sponsorships.

Soreen

Chris Hoy features the brand Soreen for fruited cakes and snack bars. Apparently, they had a five-figure deal and four-year sponsorship deals.

Additionally, he promotes their healthy eating options and their malt loaf.

“Soreen refuels my body for the sport. It is high in fiber, low in fat, and convenient. It’s moist and chewy and, unlike most healthy snacks, it tastes really good. I am looking forward to being an ambassador for the brand.”

Provexis

Chris Hoy depicts a personal deal with the nutrition group Provexis. As Chris appears as their sporting ambassador, he promotes their ‘Science in a Sport’ event.

“The credibility of the science and their innovative approach is the reason I chose to partner with Science in Sport.” -Chris Hoy.

Protoura

Chris Hoy is the brand ambassador for the new Protoura Sport. Well, he features Davanti’s next-generation ultra-high performance tire, which is made in concern of supercars and sportscar.

“I’ve always been passionate about driving, and motorsport and Protoura Sport enhances everything I love about driving – the feeling of a connection to the car and the road or track, the sensation of speed and control.”

Other Brands

Back in the day, Chris Hoy stood as the brand ambassador for Kellogg’s Bran Flakes and Gillette. During his tenure at Kellogg, he appeared for the commercials which Food Commission stated as high brand sugar.

However, many denied and started its poor nutritional value that eventually put a dark spot in Hoy’s name.

PureGym

To promote the merits and benefits of exercise and active life, Chris Hoy stars as the brand ambassador for PureGym. Alongside it, Hoy is also its investor.

Furthermore, Hoy is also their adviser and assists with technical training terms.

HOY Bikes

Chris Hoy has been cycling since an early age, and thus, to put his childhood dream into action, he created HOY Bikes. Also, his bikes are lightweight especially designed for children.

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The special feature of the bike portrays new frame tubing dimensions, lower-weight components, fewer spokes, and special foam padding.

Altogether, his bikes are later sold through Evans Cycles.

Other Venture

Chris Hoy reportedly has a private firm under his name. As per the sources, he claims 76 percent of the shares are under his name while the remaining 24 percent are under his wife’s name.

In addition, the firm goes by the name Accounts for Track stars Limited and also depicted a profit of £639,000.

Besides, Hot also was an ambassador to the Royal Air Force Air Cadets.

Books and Films

To date, Chris Hoy has written several children’s literature and fantasy fiction books. Some of them include the Flying Fergus series like The Best Birthday Bike, The Photo Finish, and many more.

Likewise, Chris Hoy released another children’s book titled ‘Be Amazing’ in 2020.

In the meantime, he also has a comprehensive guidebook for children about maintaining their cycle and choosing the best one.

It goes by the name, ‘On Your Bike: All You Need to Know About Cycling For Kids.’ Following it, he also features loads of books as manual guides.

Apart from it, Chris Hoy also appeared in the hit Amazon Prime motoring series alongside Jeremy Clarkson.

Chris Hoy | Lifestyle

With a respected career and loads of money, Chris Hoy leads a lavish lifestyle. Alongside, he is also healthy, active, and in a fit structure.

To date, he had flaunted his lean physique, and of course, it does require a constant workout.

Workout Routine

According to Hoy, he never misses out on his exercise time. Even when he has a busy schedule, he makes sure to put aside some of his time for working out to end his day.

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Herewith, whenever he gets the chance, he is out with his bikes or is in a gym session or a turbo session.

He indulges himself in the overhead squats, squats, deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, lunges, and calf raises.

Diet Plan

Of course, with his workout schedule, Chris Hoy also maintains his diet plan. Apparently, he munches 6,000 calories a day.

Initially, he indulges in a bowl of cereal with semi-skimmed milk, chopped banana, and honey for his breakfast. At the same time, he also has a fruit smoothie, orange juice, a protein shake, and a coffee.

Moving in for his dinner, he eats chicken, vegetables, and a pasta bake. Overall, he is more devoted to proteins and has protein shakes.

House

Before living near Manchester, Chris Hoy resided in Knutsford, Cheshire. Apparently, he has bought the pad for £765,000, and later, he sold it for £900,000.

This house consisted of five bedrooms, a reception hall, an open plan drawing room, a dining room, and a sunroom.

Furthermore, it was decorated with heavy wooden planks and had a study room, garage, and four bathrooms.

Cars

As Chris Hoy is deeply involved with motorsports, he also shares a huge passion for cars and has made a nice collection.

His car collection includes an Audi RS6, a Porsche, a GT3 RS, and a Caterham 420R.

Moreover, his foremost car in his life was an old Citroen – a diesel with 150,000 miles, while his first purchase was BMW 318i.

Among his collection, he also has a black Nissan GT-R and Caterham Seven 620R.

Advancing his racing cars, his first track car was a Caterham R400, and later, he even used Lotus 2-Eleven and Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.

Help and Charity

As an incredible player, Chris Hoy is also a huge contributor to society. Not to mention, he is also the ambassador for UNICEF UK.

To date, he has helped foundations like Place2Be and SportsAid to help in education, poverty, and human rights, to name a few.

Not to mention, Hoy also supported the Scottish Social Enterprise Social Bite in 2016 and 2017.

Back then, as a protest, he slept out at their Sleep in the Park events to end homelessness in Scotland.

 

SAMH

Ever since the way, Chris, you have been actively involved with SAMH to raise awareness regarding mental health. He first commenced with their foremost national physical activity and sports program, Get Active, in 2010.

Following it, he has launched several national campaigns and even stood as the guest of honors in their fundraising events.

During 2019’s World Mental Health Day, Hoy partnered with sportscotland at Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh.

In the same event, he assisted them in raising £50,000.

UNICEF UK

Chris Hoy first started working with UNICEF UK as their International Inspiration Ambassador in 2009. Later, they appointed him as the UNICEF UK Ambassador in 2013.

During the tenure, Hoy contributed to the team to assist refugees in meeting their families. Indeed, he also stood to pressure the UK government to allow refugee children to reunite with their close families already living in the UK.

Similarly, he also has traveled to Madagascar alongside the team in 2017 to treat malnutrition.

He visited numerous hospitals to learn about nutrition and helped in the awareness programs relating to it.

Then, he also traveled to Malawi to depict how bicycles are a life-saving means of delivering medicine and health care to remote communities. Right then, he contributed to raising over £5 million for the funds.

Brief Glance on Chris Hoy

Chris Hoy (fully named Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy) grew up in Murray Field, near Edinburgh. As a fun fact, the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial served as an inspiration for him to start riding bicycles at six.

Hence, as he commenced riding cycles, he had already stood second by the age gap between seven to fourteen in Britain.

As an honor and tribute to his works, Chris Hoy was also included in the 2009 University of Edinburgh’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Consequently, they have also built the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in 2012 for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Additionally, the train operating company SouthEastern has also featured a train under his name as Class395.

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Some of the honors under his name are highlighted below.

• Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE in 2005)
• Sportsman of the Year, by the Sports Journalists’ Association in 2008
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year (2008)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Since Sir Chris Hoy is retired, he will not be participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, his former teammates are going to Tokyo, and he is very excited about that.

Hoy is Britain’s most decorated Olympian and has won six gold medals. His former teammate and good friend Jason Kenny has already matched that record.

Now, Kenny only requires one gold medal to be the most decorated Olympian of Britain, and Chris cannot contain his excitement about that. Moreover, he is cheering on his friend to surpass his record.

Likewise, Jason’s wife Laura Kenny is also a four-time Olympic gold medalist who is going to Tokyo. Hoy recently said that Laura is an equally great athlete, if not better, and has the potential to win three gold medals and be the first to surpass his record.

Nonetheless, the former cyclist is rooting for both of them to do exceptionally well in the Olympics and do the country proud. Besides that, he hopes that all the athletes participating in the Olympics make the best out of it.

Furthermore, he added that, although this might not be an ideal situation for first-time Olympians, it is a great success that the competition is even happening considering the circumstances.

Hence, he has encouraged participants to go there with the same enthusiasm and spirit even though there would be no fans cheering them on.

Chris Hoy | Social Media Presence

You can find out more about his daily life through his social media sites. He is on Instagram as Chris Hoy (@chrishoy1) with 37.6k followers.

Moving on, he is on Twitter as Chris Hoy (@chrishoy) with 661k followers.

Quotes

• “Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single effort of every single session counts in the months and years leading up to a big event.” 
• “The real upside of being part of a team is the fact that when you’re successful in a race, you can share the celebrations together.”

Chris Hoy | FAQs

Why is Chris Hoy a Sir?

For his immense contribution at the 2008 Beijing Olympics that includes three gold medals, Chris Hoy was knighted by the British Royals.

How fast is Chris Hoy?

One of the most decorated Olympic cyclists, Chris Hoy, blaze through his opponents at 80km/h.