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Former professional road racing cyclist.                          

Accolades:

United States Olympic Committee - USOC, Sports Man of the Year - 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
World's Most Outstanding Athlete Award, Jesse Owens International Trophy - 2000
Reuters Sportsman of the Year - 2003
Prince of Asturias Award in Sports - 2000
Sports Ethics Fellows by the Institute for International Sport - 2003
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year - 2003
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year - 2000
Trophee de L'Academie des Sport [France] - 2004
Vélo d'Or Award by Velo magazine in France - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
Mendrisio d'Or Award in Switzerland - 1999
Premio Coppi-Bici d'Oro Trophy by the Fausto Coppi foundation in conjunction with La Gazzetta dello Sport - 1999, 2000
Marca Legend Award by Marca, a Spanish sports daily in Madrid - 2004
ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
ESPY Award for GMC Professional Grade Play Award - 2005
ESPY Award for Best Comeback Athlete - 2000
ESPN/Intersport's ARETE Award for Courage in Sport - Professional Division - 1999
ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year - 1999
Favorite Athlete award at Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - 2006
Presidential Delegation to the XIX Olympic Winter Games - 2002
Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year - 2002
VeloNews magazine's International Cyclist of the Year - 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
VeloNews magazine's North American Male Cyclist of the Year - 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005
William Hill Sports Book of the Year: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life - 2000
Triathlon magazine's Rookie of the Year - 1988
Pace car driver for the Indianapolis 500 - 2006
An asteroid, 1994 JE9 was named 12373 Lancearmstrong in honor of him.
Six-mile Lance Armstrong Bikeway through downtown Austin, Texas, built by the city of Austin at a cost of $3.2 million
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award presented by the United States Sports Academy - 1999.                          

Mother Linda Gayle nee Mooneyham
Father Eddie Charles Gunderson
Spouse  Kristin Richard, 1998 - three children.  Divorced 2003.
Engaged to Sheryl Crowe in  2005 - separated in 2006.
Anna Hansen, two children.                          

Won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005.

Rescinded Awards:

BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award - 2003
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Tufts University - 2006
Key to the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia - 2012                          

Disqualified from racing and banned from cycling for life for doping offenses by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, USADA, in 2012.

Founder of the Livestrong Foundation, originally called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which provides support for cancer patients.

Owns homes in Austin, Texas, Aspen, Colorado, and a ranch in the Texas Hill Country.

Armstrong stated that he had been tested over 600 times. He had been tested half of that number, and was found to be positive for drugs six times.