Lance Armstrong

Armstrong in 2003 speaking at the America's National Institutes of Health
Personal information
Full name	Lance Edward Armstrong
Nickname	The Boss, Mellow Johnny (from Maillot Jaune, French for Yellow jersey)
Date of birth	September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) (age 37)
Country	United States
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1â�„2 in)
Weight	1993: 79 kg (170 lb) 1999: 74 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Astana
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-Rounder
Amateur team(s)1
1990–1991 1991	Subaru-Montgomery US National Team
Professional team(s)1
1992–1996 1997 1998–2005 2009–	Motorola Cofidis US Postal Astana
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) Tour de Suisse (2001) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (2002, 2003)
Medal record Competitor for  United States Men's Cycling World Championships Gold 1993 Oslo Elite Men's Road Race Olympic Games Bronze 2000 Sydney Men's Time Trial
Infobox last updated on:
July 26, 2008 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Kazakhstan-based UCI ProTeam Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005.

He is the only individual to win seven times, having broken the previous record of five wins, shared by Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. He has survived testicular cancer, a tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs, in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy, and his prognosis was originally poor.

In 1999, he was named the American Broadcasting Company Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. 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, but returned to competitive cycling in January 2009.