Sir Chris Hoy net worth, family and heartbreaking double diagnosis after cancer update

Sir Chris Hoy is one of Great Britain's most successful Olympians. The Scotsman won a total of seven medals over four separate Olympic games.

That tally is only beaten by fellow cyclist Jason Kenny. But it’s not just in the Olympics he was successful, Hoy also won 11 World Championships and 34 World Cup titles.

He retired from competitive racing in 2013, 13 years after his first Olympic games in Sydney in 2000. That games saw him win his first medal, a team sprint silver.

He was knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours list after winning three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. The former cyclist is now a well-established pundit and was part of the BBC coverage of the Olympic games in Paris just a few months ago.

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Hoy was born in Edinburgh on 23 March, 1976, and took up cycling at the age of 14. He has now opened up on his personal health battles, revealing his diagnosis of terminal cancer.

Here is everything you need to know about the 48-year-old Olympic hero.

Back in February Hoy shared that he was going through treatment for cancer via his Instagram account. “I have a bit of news,” he wrote.

“Last year I was diagnosed with cancer, which came as a huge shock, having had no symptoms up to that point.

“I’m currently receiving treatment including chemotherapy, which thankfully is going really well. I’d like to extend my sincere gratitude to all the medical professionals for their amazing help and care.

“For the sake of my young family, I had hoped to keep this information private but regrettably our hand has been forced,