The following year, Hicks earned the National Cyclists' Union London Centre and Southern Counties 1,000-metre sprint titles.
[3] Hicks was selected for the sprint and 1 km track time trial at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing 7th in the latter.
[1] He competed in the sprint in the 1937 World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, the following year but was eliminated after a training accident the day before the event.
He lost three nails off his heavily bandaged right hand and skin from one of his thighs and received ankle injuries.
Hicks also competed in the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney, Australia, and won second place behind William Maxfield in the 10-mile track scratch event.