LANCE ARMSTRONG

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LANCE ARMSTRONG

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• By Connor Haney

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INTRODUCTION

• Lance Armstrong was born on September 18th, 1971.
• He was born with the name Lance Gunderson in
  Dallas, Texas.
• He is married to a women now named Sheryl
  Armstrong.
• Lance and Sheryl have three kids, Luke, Max, and
  the other I couldnt find.

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SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION

• Lance Armstrong's contribution to society is
  being a world champion bike rider with cancer. A
  girl from Lances home town of Dallas with cancer
  says that she has been encouraged to fight cancer
  because of him. Some doctors believe that it is
  Lances healthy and active lifestyle that fights
  his cancer. If more people do as he does, less
  people may day from cancer. This contribution is
  huge because it can save lives.

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CHILDHOOD

• Lance was born and grew up in Dallas, Texas.
  Lance got is first bike on his second birthday
  and it was a tricycle that he named Green
  Machine. When he was three, his mom got a divorce
  with lances biological father Eddie Gunderson and
  moved to Richardson, Texas with Lance. There his
  mom found a new boyfriend. His name is Terry
  Armstrong and he eventually adopted Lance as his
  own and married Linda (Lances mom). As Lance
  grew up, Terry would use a paddle to punish Lance
  for small misbehaviors. He also treated Linda
  poorly which led to a future divorce.

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ADOLESENCE

• When lance was 13, he rode his bike everywhere
  (also before but had more freedom being 13). When
  he was on the swim team for his school, his mom
  was too busy to drive him, so every meet he would
  ride his bike 10 miles to school, swim, and ride
  10 miles home and have fun doing so. When he was
  14, Lance joined a triathlon with his favorite
  sports, running, swimming, and biking. He
  struggled a little with running and swimming, but
  when he hopped on his bike, he ended up in first
  place with a record of best time in the race. The
  triathlon showed that he was a good cycler which
  motivated him to cycling. Eventually he started
  only cycling instead of triathlons.

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ADULTHOOD

• Lance competed in many cycling events and won a
  handful of them, but before he started getting on
  win streaks, all he did was go fast and burn his
  energy early. That was great for short races, but
  a killer as the courses got longer. Lance
  probably lost more races in early adulthood that
  won. But when he did win, he usually broke a
  record. His first Tour de France win was in 1999.
  This is one of the longest and most famous
  cycling race in the world. The first time he
  competed in the Tour de France, he dropped out in
  the 10th stage out of 20. A couple years before
  that, he placed 14th in the 1992 summer Olympics
  in Barcelona, Spain.

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JIM HOYT

• Jim Hoyt is the owner of the Richardson Bike
  Shop in Richardson, Texas. This shop is right
  across the street from Lances house when he was
  seven. Lance and Linda often spent time together
  and Jim admired how hard Linda worked to support
  Lance. So being generous, Jim gave Lance a great
  deal on a new Schwinn Mag Scrambler BMX with
  yellow wheels (his first two-wheeled bike). The
  bike cost 129.99 originally but Lance got it for
  50. Him and his mom were thrilled.
• (Jim Hoyt is on the right)

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PRESIDENT

• Richard M. Nixon was the 37th president of the
  United States and the 36th vice president. He
  actually enjoys the sport of cycling.

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INTERVIEW

• Is and has cycling been your favorite sport, if
  not, then what is or was?
• Did you have an inspiration to do cycling or did
  you do it by choice?
• Did you ever think about quitting cycling after
  you were diagnosed with cancer?

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