Bradley Wiggins
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Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins is an English former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001-16. He became Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian, amassing eight
Wiggins at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Wiggins began track cycling at the age of 12, at Herne Hill Velodrome, pictured in 2009.
Manchester Velodrome, pictured in 2010, where Wiggins won two silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Wiggins won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the Olympic Velodrome – becoming the first Briton to win three medals at one Games since Mary Rand in 1964.
Chris Hoy
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Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Bradley Wiggins
…he became the most decorated British Olympian, with seven medals, surpassing the six won by Sir Steve Redgrave. This record was soon shared with Sir Chris Hoy, who also obtained his seventh Olympic medal in 2012. Wiggins entered the Guinness World Records, becoming the first cyclist to win an Olympic gold…
Hoy in 2025
Hoy at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester
Hoy celebrates winning the keirin at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark
Hoy leading Team GB out as the team's flag carrier at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony