An engrossing ppt featuring the life and times of Lance Armstrong\'s spectacular career including the speculative childhood, rise to the pinnacle,fight with cancer,powerful comeback and controversies.

1. PRESENTATION ONLANCE ARMSTRONG

2. Who is lance armstrong? Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) 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.

3. ACHIEVEMENTS In 1999, he was named ABC'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.

4. SUCCESS OF LANCE

5. ARMSTRONG DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER Lance Armstrong won a world title in bicycle racing before his first full season as a professional. At 25, he won the World Championships, the Tour Du Pont and multiple Tour de France. Then he found out in 1996 he had cancer. His cancer then spread throughout his stomach, lungs and brain. If cancer is testicular cancer & discovered early, a man is usually given a 70% chance of survival. Because, Armstrong says he ignored warning signals, his chances of survival dropped as low as 40%.

6. ARMSTRONG’S BATTLE WITH CANCER Armstrong didn't give up and this year he won the Tour de France race for the second year in a row--the major race in the world for bicyclists. The race lasts 2,274 miles over , 23 day test of stamina and courage. Armstrong got to that point by not giving up. He said he declared himself a cancer survivor, not a cancer victim. He had chemotherapy and surgury. He had a physical treatment program , a competitive spirit and a support system. He was declared cancer free. "In 1996, two months before I was diagnosed, the illness was raging," Armstrong said in an interview with Associated Press. He says thirty years ago, 95 percent of those who had testicular cancer died, but today 95 percent survive. "In 2,000, I'm not much of a miracle," he explained "Thirty years ago, yes it would have been a miracle."

7. CANCER ORGANIZATIONS Armstrong also wants to help others. In 1996, he founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The organization provides grants and partnerships to institutions and organizations to help fight cancer. It also is active in public education about the disease. In 1995 he established the Lance Armstrong Junior Series to promote the sport among youth. Armstrong may be a good model to young people, both for his accomplishments as an athlete and his successful fight against cancer.