Lance+Armstrong

Lance Armstrong
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Lance Edward Gunderson was born on September 18, 1971 in Dallas Texas Lance was born to Linda Mooneyham, a secretary, and Eddie Charles Gunderson, a route manager for //The Dallas Morning News // He was an only child adopted by his step-father Terry Keith Armstrong in 1974, giving him his name of Armstrong Armstrong met Kristin Richard in June 1997 and had three children; Luke David and twins Isabelle Rose and Grace Elisabeth, born October 1999 and November 200. His schooling includes, high school in Plano East Senior High, Plano, TX and high school in Dallas, TX in 1989 At a younger age Lance was into the endurance sports; running, biking, swimming. As you can imagine then, he did triathalons. Lance was dominating these triathalons at a very young age. Biking shown through as his calling though, and this became his main focus. Some of his prestigious achievements include, Tour de France Winner 1999 Tour de France Winner 2000 Tour de France Winner 2001 Tour de France Winner 2002 Tour de France Winner 2003 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tour de France Winner 2004 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tour de France Winner 2005 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year 2002 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 2002 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 2003 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 2004 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 2005 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Endorsement of Comcast 2003 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Endorsement of Nike <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Brain Surgery Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (Oct-1996) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">New York City Marathon 2:59:36 In 1997, Armstrong founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which supports people affected by cancer. The foundation has become one of the top 10 groups funding cancer research in the U.S., raising more than $325 million from the sale of yellow Livestrong bracelets<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> During his original retirement beginning after the 2005 season, he also maintained other interests. He was the <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">pace car driver <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> of the <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chevrolet Corvette Z06 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> for the <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2006 Indianapolis 500 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In 2007, Armstrong with <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andre Agassi <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Muhammad Ali <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Warrick Dunn <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jeff Gordon <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mia Hamm <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tony Hawk <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Andrea Jaeger <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jackie Joyner-Kersee <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mario Lemieux <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alonzo Mourning <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, and <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cal Ripken, Jr. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">founded <span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Athletes for Hope <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, a charity which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and inspires non-athletes to volunteer and support the community. In 2008 and 2009 he appeared on the PBS Kids show //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Arthur // as himself. In these two appearances he taught biking skills and helped spread cancer awareness, respectively. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In August 2009, Armstrong headlined the inaugural charity ride "Pelotonia" in Columbus, Ohio, riding over 100 miles on Saturday with the large group of cyclists. He personally addressed the riders the Friday evening before the two-day ride and helped the ride raise millions for cancer research.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Information borrowed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong