Lance Armstrong

Armstrong speaking at the NIH
Personal information
Full name	Lance Edward Armstrong
Nickname	Mellow Johnny (from Maillot Jaune, French for Yellow jersey)
Date of birth	September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) (age 36)
Country	United States
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	1993: 79 kg (170 lb) 1999: 74 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
1990–1991 1991	Subaru-Montgomery US National Team
Professional team(s)
1992–1996 1997 1998–2005	Motorola Cofidis U.S. Postal / Discovery Channel
Major wins
Tour de France (1999–2005), 22 stages World Cycling Champion (1993) US National Cycling Champion (1993) Clásica de San Sebastián (1995) La Flèche Wallonne (1996)
Infobox last updated on:
June 14, 2007

Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on 18 September 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. In doing so, he beat the previous records of five wins by Miguel Indurain (consecutive) and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. Previous to this achievement, he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy.

In 1999, he was named the American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. He received ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 2003. Armstrong retired from racing on July 24, 2005, at the end of the 2005 Tour de France.