Lance Armstrong

full name:

Lance Edward Armstrong (birth name: Lance Edward Gunderson)

bio:

He is a national and world champion cyclist, two time Olympian, and now 7-time winner of Le Tour de France. His efforts are even more amazing considering he is a cancer survivor, having once been told he had a 50/50 chance of surviving. Lance retired from competitive cycling after the 2005 Tour de France, but returned in January 2009 to primarily promote cancer awareness. He finished 3rd in the 2009 Tour.

also known as:

cancer survivor

born:

September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas
Mother: Linda Mooneyham

sport:

Cycling

team / club:

US Postal, UCI ProTeam Team Astana

event:

road racing

achievements:

Seven time consecutive winner of the tour de france (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005). The next best multiple winner has 5 wins.

• 1999 - American Broadcasting company Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year.
  
• 2000 - Prince of Asturias Award in Sports.
  
• 2002 - Sports Illustrated magazine Sportsman of the Year.
  
• 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 - Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
  
• 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 - ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete
  
• 2003 - BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award

what you may not know:

• His biological father moved out when he was a baby. When he was three years old, his mother remarried a man named Terry Armstrong.

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