1968–1983 Team Canada Name Jocelyn Lovell | Role Cyclist | |
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Born 19 July 1950 (age 73)
Norwich, Norfolk, England ( 1950-07-19 ) | ||
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Jocelyn Charles Bjorn Lovell (19 July 1950 – 3 June 2016) was a Canadian cyclist. He dominated Canadian track and road cycling in the 1970s and early 1980s; winning dozens of national titles as well as gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games. He competed at three Olympic Games. His victories, at international competitions, renewed global interest in Canadian cycling.
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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 continued to race as an amateur into the early 1980s. However, tragedy struck on 4 August 1983 when he was involved in a collision with a dump truck while training in Halton Region, just northwest of Toronto. The truck hit him from behind and broke his neck and pelvis. From that moment on, he permanently became a quadriplegic. No charges were laid. In 1985, he was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Lovell was born in Norwich, England in 1950. He moved with his family to Canada in 1954. He started cycle racing when he was 13.
Lovell was married to speed skater and competitive cyclist Sylvia Burka in 1981. They separated in 1986. He lived in Mississauga, Ontario with his second wife, Neil. He died in Toronto on Friday, 3 June 2016.