Philip Hindes

Career Hindes began cycling in 2008 at the age of 15 in road racing events but switched to sprinting after two seasons.

In 2011 Hindes competed with Dave Daniell and Peter Mitchell in the men's team sprint at the Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing, finishing in sixth position.

Hindes is coached by Jan van Eijden and Iain Dyer. Hindes replaced Ross Edgar in the team, after Edgar elected to focus on gym and road training. The trio were due to race in the bronze medal final but were relegated for an infringement in their qualifying heat.

In July 2012 Hindes was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's team sprint as part of a squad that also included four-time Olympic gold medalist Hoy, and double Olympic gold medalist Kenny. The event took place at the London Velopark on 2 August. The British trio won the gold medal and set new world records in both the first round and again in the final against France, while Hoy joined Steve Redgrave as the only British athletes to win five Olympic gold medals.

Following the gold medal win, Hindes said that he had deliberately crashed after a slow start to help his team. Under UCI rules, "races can be re-started if one of the riders suffers a "mishap", but it must be a mechanical fault or genuine accident." The British Cycling stated "Hindes had been misunderstood due to English not being his first language." No action was taken by the IOC. For this incident, Hindes was awarded with the fifth placing on Sports Illustrated's "Anti-Sportsman of the year".

Hindes was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

He was named as a member of the team for the 2016 season.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hindes won Silver in the team sprint event alongside Joseph Truman and Ryan Owens.

Hindes announced his retirement from track cycling in October 2021.