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who am I. // Your Biography Assessment // i was diagnosed with testicular cancer. i pushed through and won the tour de France 7 times. I AM COURAGOUS. you guest it lance Armstrong. Background

Lance Armstrong was born in Dallas, Texas, USA on September 18th 1971 to his parents, Linda and Eddy. His parents later got divorced and his mum re-married Terry Armstrong who adopted Lance. When Lance was a kid he started his sporting career doing Triathalons and won the national Iron Kids Triathalon at 13. He became a professional triathlete at the age of 16.

He soon realised that his strength was in road bike racing and he started focus on that and went on to win the US amateur road bike championships in 1991 at age 20. At the age of 21 he was the youngest person ever to win the UCI Road World championships. By age 26, he had competed at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and had competed in the Tour De France two times.

Just as he was peaking in his road bike career, in October 1996, Lance was diagnosed with testicular cancer which spread to his brain and lungs. His cancer treatment included extensive surgery and chemotherapy and he was given only a 40% chance of survival.

Remarkably, two years later after all this treatment, Lance’s cancer was gone and he was back on track and training twice as hard.

Tour De France

Lance went on to win the Tour De France every year from 1999-2005, the only person to win the Tour De France an unbelieveable 7 times. In 2005 he announced his retirement from professional road bike racing.

During these years Lance also got married to Kristen Richards and had three children, a son Luke and twin girls Isabella and Grace. He now has a new partner called Anna and another son called Max and is about to have another child in October 2010.

Lance Armstrong announced on September 9th 2008 that he would stage a comeback to professional riding in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden. In 2010 at the age of 38, Lance announced that he would race one more time in the Tour De France. Despite his best efforts, several crashes meant that he could not win his 8th Tour De France.

Live Strong Foundation

Lance runs a big cancer foundation called “Live Strong” which supports people with cancer. The aim of the organisation is to help people who have survived cancer.The Live Strong Foundation sells wristbands nationwide in more than 60 countries and in every continent. The Live Strong foundation has sold more than 70 million wristbands. Lance has written a book about his life story called "Its Not About The Bike". He teamed up with Sally Jenkins to write this powerful book. conclusion

Brave!! Gutsy!! Determined!! These are all words that describe Lance Armstrong. I chose Lance because I think it’s amazing that he can win the world’s biggest cycling event 7 times after having such a bad case of cancer. Lance Armstrong’s story of courage has inspired people all round the world and I hope it’s done the same for you.

Achievements: In 1999, he was named the ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the years 2002–2005. He received ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003

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