Sir Chris Hoy crashed whilst taking part in a timed hill-climb event at the Goodwood Festival of Speed driving a high powered Nissan when he lost control and skidded at speed into the hay bales
Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE (born 23 March 1976) is a Scottish former track cyclist who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Hoy is an eleven-time world champion and six-time Olympic champion. With a total of seven Olympic medals, six gold and one silver, Hoy is the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time. With his three gold medals in 2008 Summer Olympics, Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympian, the first Briton to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908, and the most successful Olympic cyclist. After winning a further two gold medals (in the keirin and team sprint) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hoy has won more Olympic gold medals (six), and total medals (seven, tied with fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins) than any other British athlete. On 8 April 2014 it was announced that Hoy will be joining the British GT championship driving a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 with the view to competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016. Hoy has previously raced at a selection of club level race meetings.
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Location: Goodwood, West Sussex, UK
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