Lance Armstrong

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Lance Armstrong

• By Sarah Sykes
• Matthew Burger

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Why we picked Lance

• Well, Sarah didnt want Selena Gomez, and our
  only other option was Molly and we all know how
  that would end up.
• He is an inspiration because he had cancer and
  still prevailed and won the Tour de France.

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What did you discover about that individual?

• Lance Armstrong was born on September 18th, 1971.
  In Plano, Texas
• His full name at birth was Lance Edward
  Gunderson.
• Lance has several nicknames some including, The
  Boss Tour de Lance and Lance Inc.

• Lance Armstrong is also a seven time winner in
  the Tour de France cycling race.
• He went to the Olympic games in Sydney in the
  year 2000, winning a bronze medal in mens
  cycling.

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Weaknesses
Strengths

• Lance Armstrong strengths are
• He perseveres in everything he does.
• He is very brave.
• He had the ability to overcome cancer.
• Lances heart is one third bigger than that of an
  average man.

• Lance Armstrongs weaknesses
• Are
• At one point Lance was given a 50-50 chance of
  surviving.

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What were his/her life challenges?

• Lance Armstrong was challenged with cancer.
• He was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had
  spread to his lungs, abdomen and his brain.
• This cancer was discovered in Armstrong on
  October 2nd 1996.

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What were the circumstances which made him/her
into a famous person and/or hero?

• The circumstances that made him into a famous
  person and hero is his multiple Tour de France
  wins.
• Also overcoming cancer.

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What are the most admirable character/behavior
traits of that individual?

• He is a cancer survivor, and he is coming back
  out and continuing to do the things that he used
  to do before he was diagnosed with cancer.
• He is an inspiration to all athletes and just
  normal people to keep fighting cancer, showing
  them that anything is possible.

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Who did this person help and/or hurt?

• Lance Armstrong has helped people with cancer by
  giving them hope and inspiration, and to prove
  that anything is possible.
• He hurt all the people he beat in all the races
  he won.

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What else is remarkable about that individual?

• After 3 years of retirement, Lance is coming back
  to race and show everyone that anything is
  possible.
• Also overcoming cancer and continuing to do the
  things he loves.

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Lance Armstrong will be coming back and racing
this specially made 127427.5 bicycle in the 2009
Tour de France cycling race. The numbers in the
name of his bike each have a special meaning. The
1274 represents the number of days he was in
retirement. The 27.5 represents the 27.5 million
people that were diagnosed with cancer during his
retirement period.
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Quotes

• The riskiest thing you can do is get ready

If you worried about falling of the bike, youd
never get on
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an
hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will
subside and something else will take its place.
If I quit, however, it lasts forever
You have to live with the crashes and hope you
dont get into one.
If children have the ability to ignore all odds
and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from
them. When you think about it, what other choice
is there but to hope? We have two options,
medically and emotionally give up, or Fight Like
Hell
- Lance Armstrong
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Life Profile

• Lance changed his last name from Gunderson to
  Armstrong because he refuses to meet his birth
  father who he describes as deceitful, so he took
  his stepfathers last name.
• Lance Armstrongs birth father left Lance and his
  mother when he was only 2 years old
• He is divorced from Kristin Richard and they have
  a son, Luke and twin daughters, Grace and
  Isabella.

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Lances behavior

• He likes to spend time with his family.

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Other Special Details (random facts)

• He got his 1st bicycle when he was seven years
  old, and started riding every day.
• In 1989, Lance qualified for the Junior World
  Championships in Moscow.
• In 1991 he was the U.S National Amateur Champion
  then turned pro.
• More than 40 million of Lance Armstrongs
  LiveStrong bracelets have been sold to help
  support cancer research.

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• THE END!