Success story: Lance Armstrong fought cancer and went on to win the Tour de France 7 times

August 18, 2009

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong was a successful professional cyclist in the 1990s. He had won The World Cycling Championship and the US National Road Race Championship. Then disaster struck in October 1996. He was told by his doctor that he had testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen, lungs, and brain.

He was given a 50 percent chance of survival and had surgery to remove his right testicle and brain lesions, followed by three months of chemotherapy. Armstrong was declared cancer-free in 1997. He then began his cycling comeback in May 1998.

Lance competed in the Tour de France 1999 and won it for 7 years straight after that before retiring temporarily from cycling. He had already started The Lance Armstrong Foundation and the LiveStrong awareness campaign started to take off in different countries much more during his “retirement”.

He came out of retirement this year and has successfully competed in races in several countries. It has sparked an interest among amateur cyclists who are becoming racers now. It is one of the great inspirational stories of a champion in his sport and personal life.

Link:

LiveStrong

Sources:

Cancer.org
Bestinspirationalquotes4u.com

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