Lance Armstrong
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the short list
* three-time olympian (1992, 1996, 2000 - bronze individual time trial)
* seven-time tour de france champion: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
* world professional road race champion: 1993 world road cycling championships: 1990-91, 1993-94; 1998
* four-time usoc sportsman of the year (1999, 2003)
* winner of the arete award for courage in sport for his miraculous recovery to the elite level of cycling.
did you know?
* raised by a single mother, linda, who has always been lance’s no. 1 fan.
* won the iron kids triathlon at just 13 and became a professional triathlete at 16.
* had a rolodex filled with potential cycling sponsors before he graduated high school.
* long saturday rides sometimes took this texan so far over the oklahoma border that he had to call his mother to come and pick him up to get home.
* established the lance armstrong junior olympic race series in order to give back to the sport that has given him so much.
* literally was forced off his bike in 1996 because of excruciating pain only to find out that advanced testicular cancer had spread to his lungs and brain.
* though his chances of beating cancer where less than 50/50, lance was victorious and returned to racing with a new focus in 1998.
* became the first u.s. cyclist since andy hampsten (1992) to win a mountain stage race at the tour de france in 1999, then won the race.
* founded the lance armstrong foundation (www.laf.org) to “enhance the quality of life for those living with, through and beyond cancer.
* published his autobiography, "it's not about the bike, " in 2000, instantly selling millions of copies.
* when he has time for hobbies, lance chooses water skiing.
* has three children, david luke and twin daughters, isabelle rose and grace elizabeth.
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the short list
* three-time olympian (1992, 1996, 2000 - bronze individual time trial)
* seven-time tour de france champion: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
* world professional road race champion: 1993 world road cycling championships: 1990-91, 1993-94; 1998
* four-time usoc sportsman of the year (1999, 2003)
* winner of the arete award for courage in sport for his miraculous recovery to the elite level of cycling.
did you know?
* raised by a single mother, linda, who has always been lance’s no. 1 fan.
* won the iron kids triathlon at just 13 and became a professional triathlete at 16.
* had a rolodex filled with potential cycling sponsors before he graduated high school.
* long saturday rides sometimes took this texan so far over the oklahoma border that he had to call his mother to come and pick him up to get home.
* established the lance armstrong junior olympic race series in order to give back to the sport that has given him so much.
* literally was forced off his bike in 1996 because of excruciating pain only to find out that advanced testicular cancer had spread to his lungs and brain.
* though his chances of beating cancer where less than 50/50, lance was victorious and returned to racing with a new focus in 1998.
* became the first u.s. cyclist since andy hampsten (1992) to win a mountain stage race at the tour de france in 1999, then won the race.
* founded the lance armstrong foundation (www.laf.org) to “enhance the quality of life for those living with, through and beyond cancer.
* published his autobiography, "it's not about the bike, " in 2000, instantly selling millions of copies.
* when he has time for hobbies, lance chooses water skiing.
* has three children, david luke and twin daughters, isabelle rose and grace elizabeth.
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