Famous British athletes

POSTED: 02:36 PM PDT Jul 23, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 23, 2012 

With the 2012 Summer Olympics games about to kick off in London, join us for a look at some of the most famous British athletes ever.

British athletes - Chris Hoy
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With his three gold medals in Beijing 2008, cyclist Chris Hoy (right) became Scotland's most successful Olympian, the first Briton to win three gold medals in a single Olympic games since in 1908 and the most successful Olympic male cyclist of all time.

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