Jocelyn Lovell
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19 July 1950 Norwich, Norfolk, England |
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Jocelyn Bjorn Lovell (born 19 July 1950) is a former cyclist from Canada. He competed at three Olympic Games.[1]
Lovell dominated Canadian road cycling in the 1970s and early 1980s;[2] winning dozens of national titles as well as gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games. He brought Canadian cycling back into the international limelight.
His greatest success came at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton where he won three gold medals in Games record times. Later that year he won a silver medal at the world championships.
He is now a quadriplegic, having been injured in an incident involving a dump truck while training on the road. He accuses doctors of doing too little to cure paralysis. Lovell was married to speed skater Sylvia Burka.
References
- ↑ "Jocelyn Lovell Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ "Cycling". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
External links
- A biographical news story from CBC Digital:
- A full career summary at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame:
- PDF of a St. Michael's College article, Fall 2008 article discussing Flying Fathers hockey team also mentions Jocelyn Lovell's accident