Philip Hindes
Philip Hindes ( born September 22, 1992 in Krefeld ) is a British- German racing cyclist.
His athletic career began Philip Hindes as rowers, despite good performances but had little chance to qualify further, since it is too small for this sport with 1.74 meters. He moved to the cycling, which he had operated for condition purposes. Since the youth class Philip Hindes trained at the Heinrich- Heine- sports high school in Kaiserslautern. In 2009 he occupied at the German railway Radmeisterschaften second place in the team sprint ( with Christian Bartel ) and third place in the keirin at the Junior. The following year, he became German Junior Champion in the team sprint, with Benjamin King, and finished three times second place in the sprint, keirin and in the time trial. In the Junior Track World Championships in Montichiari, he won third place in the team sprint together with Stefan Boetticher and Robert Kanter, at the European Junior Championships in St. Petersburg, he was third in the sprint.
Hindes is the son of a British father and a German mother; He has both nationalities. In December 2010, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI ) upheld his request, continue to start for the British Cycling Federation. In April 2012 he was a member of the British national team at the UCI Track World Championships in 2012 and started as Anfahrer in the team sprint together with the world champions and Olympic medalists Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny. Due to a faulty the British team but was relegated.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Hindes won with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny the gold medal in the team sprint. However, after the race, he was criticized: In qualifying he was overthrown. First, he spoke of a deliberate fall, as the start he was not successful; which had been discussed within the team so. He later corrected himself and stated that the rear wheel slipped since. Official website of the British Cycling Federation British Cycling explained the different statements of Hindes with difficulties of Neubürgers with the English language.