to cure the cancer.
Born September 18 in 1971, Lance Armstrong has since come to embody the
spirit of generations of people, and earned a reputation as one of greatest
cyclists in modern history. Now retired, he is famous for winning the Tour
de France a record of seven consecutive times from 1999 through 2005, and
has retained celebrity status through various charities and appearances
throughout modern Western culture in American cinema and television. These
many various cycling feats were accomplished several years after brain and
testicular surgeries, as well as extensive chemotherapy to treat testicular
cancer in 1996, and prevailing as no one else.
The cancer had spread to his brain and lungs that became the reason for his
surgeries and chemotherapy, but this in no way stopped the man from
dominating the Tour de France, becoming icon for stunning athletic
determination overcoming some of the most devastating odds in both life and
pursuit. After consecutively winning out over the competition, Lance had
officially retired from the total competition, but has maintained a certain
degree of clarity through what he has managed to accomplish overall by
winning numerous awards and making many various appearances.
This has lead to a range of support in the fight against cancer, as his
athletic celebrity and recovery from cancer inspired the creation of the
Lance Armstrong Foundation in collaboration with the Nike Corporation, and
this charity was founded shortly after his 1996 treatments in 1997. The
sales of yellow rubber wristbands in support of this cause netted tens of
millions of dollars in the cause against cancer, and were launched in 2004
to popularity all across the country, making Lance Armstrong one of the
major popular proponents in the nonprofit fight against cancer.
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