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Biography of Lance ArmstrongName: Lance ArmstrongBirth Date: September 18, 1971 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Plano, Texas, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: cyclist Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born 1971) will certainly be remembered for being an outstanding athlete and four-time winner of the Tour de France, but he will touch more lives through the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Race for the Roses charity bike ride, which raise money for cancer research and assistance.A Good MotherLance Armstrong was born in Plano, Texas, on September 18, 1971. His biological father moved out when he was a baby, and he and his mother were on their own. When he was three-years-old, his mother was remarried to a man named Terry Armstrong. Terry Armstrong also formally adopted Lance. There was very little money, but his mother worked hard to provide him with a good life. When he was seven-years-old, she worked out a deal with the local bike store and bought him a Schwinn Mag Scrambler.He was a child who like to do things on his own and in …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…anxieties of life--a flat tire, losing my career, a traffic jam--were reprioritized into need versus want, real problem as opposed to minor scare. A bumpy plane ride was just a bumpy plane ride, it wasn't cancer."Armstrong and Kristen now have three children, son Luke and twin daughters Isabelle and Grace. They live in Austin, Texas, but also own a home in Nice, France."Lance Armstrong is more than a bicyclist now, more than an athlete," wrote Rick Reilly in Sports Illustrated where Armstrong was named "Sportsman of the Year." "He's become a kind of hope machine." Further Reading Armstrong, Lance, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, Thorndike Press, 2000.Buffalo News, June 4, 2000.New Yorker, July 15, 2002.PR Week, October 14, 2002.Sports Illustrated, December 16, 2002."Lance Armstrong Foundation," Lance Armstrong Foundation website, http://www.laf.org (January 30, 2003)."Sportsman of the Year," Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com (January 15, 2003). |