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 Lance Armstrong

Lance Edward Armstrong was born September 18th 1971 in Dallas, his mother is Linda Mooneyham and Father Eddie Gunderson. Lance Was named after Lance Rentzel a former Dallas cowboys wide receiver although sadly his father left his mother when lance was only 2 years of age.

In 1974 his mother got re married this time to Terry Armstrong who adopted Lance, his mother has now been divorced three times and lance still refuses to meet his birth father.

On October 2, 1996, at age 25, Armstrong was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer. The cancer had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. On that first visit to a urologist in Austin, Texas, for his cancer symptoms he was already coughing up blood and had a large, painful testicular tumor. Immediate surgery and chemotherapy were required to save his life.his brain tumors were surgically removed and found to be dead. His last chemotherapy treatment was received on December 13, 1996. In 1997, Lance founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which supports people affected by cancer.

Before his cancer treatment, Armstrong had won two Tour de France stages. In 1993, he won the 8th stage and in 1995 he took stage 18 in honor of teammate Fabio Casartelli who crashed and died on stage 15. Armstrong dropped out of the 1996 Tour on the 7th stage after becoming ill, a few months before his cancer diagnosis.

He now has 3 children to Kristin Richard 1 son Luke and twin daughters Grace and Isabelle and had a devorce with Kristin though in 2003 after being with her for 6 years.

In 2007 Lance Armstrong alongside 11 other pro sportsmen and woman including Tony Hawk and Muhammad Ali founded Athletes for Hope, a charity which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and inspires non-athletes to volunteer and support the community.

Armstrong announced on September 9, 2008 that he would return to pro cycling with the goal of participating in the 2009 Tour de France. 'I have decided to return to pro cycling in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden' lance said.



that is why i think Lance Armstrong is a hero.

Bradley