The 48-year-old was told by doctors he has between two and four years to live
Legendary Olympian Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that he has terminal cancer. The 48-year-old, who won six Olympic cycling gold medals, announced in February that he had been diagnosed with cancer and has now stated it is terminal in an interview with tomorrow’s Sunday Times.
Sir Chris, who was born in Edinburgh in 1976, won gold medals at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic games. Between 2012 and 2021, he was Great Britain’s most successful Olympian, but has since been overtaken by Sir Jason Kenny.
In February, he wrote in a statement on Instagram: “I have a bit of news. 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.
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“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. Whilst I’m thankful for any support, I’d like to deal with this privately.
“My heart goes out to the many others who are also going through similar challenges right now. I’m optimistic, positive and surrounded by love for which I’m truly grateful. As you might imagine, the last few months have been incredibly difficult.”
He has now told tomorrow’s Sunday Times that, having written a memoir, he was ready to share that his cancer diagnosis is terminal. He told the newspaper that a scan initially found a primary cancer in his prostate, which spread to his bones.
The scan also found tumours in his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and rib. His cancer is not curable and he has been told he has between two and four years to live, he revealed in the interview.
Sir Chris told the Sunday Times: “As unnatural as it feels, this is nature. You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.”
