Jocelyn Lovell

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Jocelyn Lovell Road cycling
To person
Date of birth July 19, 1950
date of death 3rd June 2016
nation CanadaCanada Canada
discipline Road / train
End of career 1980
Last updated: December 17, 2018

Jocelyn Bjorn Lovell (born July 19, 1950 in Norwich , United Kingdom - † June 3, 2016 ) was a Canadian cyclist . Jocelyn Lovell, son of an English father and a Danish mother, was the most popular Canadian cycling star of the 1970s. The success of the athlete, who was considered uncomfortable, led to a cycling boom in Canada. After an accident he was in a wheelchair from 1983.

Athletic career

In 1969 Lovell won the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic road race , but then turned more to track cycling . At the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 he won three medals: gold in the scratch over ten miles, silver in the tandem race with Barry Harvey and bronze in the 1000 meter time trial . The following year he became a four-time Canadian champion, in the single pursuit , in the sprint , in the 1000-meter time trial and over ten miles.

After the UCI Track World Championships in 1973 in San Sebastian , the Canadian national team stayed in Spain for training. At the hotel there, Lovell stole a box of biscuits from the maids' office, distributed it to his fellow athletes and told the supervisors. Thereupon he was expelled from the team management for a year, later for six months, for theft. This episode became known as the "Cookie Craper".

Lovell stayed in Europe, turned pro for a year and Canadian road racing champion in 1974. After he found that he did not like life as a professional, he was reamateurisieren , won at the Pan American Games in 1975 the gold medal in the time trial, in 1977 Canadian champion in the points race and 1978 in the sprint. He also won the national title in the individual time trial on the road ten times. 1978 was his most successful year, in which he won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games - in the time trial, in the tandem race (with Gordon Singleton ) and in the scratch over ten miles - and was also vice world champion in the 1978 UCI track world championships in Munich Time trial was. In total, he won 35 national titles.

Jocelyn Lovell also took part in the Olympic Games three times , in the sprint, in the individual time trial and in the team pursuit . His best finish was a seventh place in the individual time trial at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico .

Private

In his first marriage, Jocelyn Lovell was married to the cyclist and speed skater Sylvia Burka until the mid-1980s , later he married a second time. In 1983 he was hit by a truck while training on his bike. Since then, he has been paraplegic and has been in a wheelchair. Lovell was involved in the Spinal Cord Society , which supports research into spinal cord injuries . Lovell died on June 3, 2016 after spending seven months in the hospital.

Honors

In 1985 Lovell was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and in 2015 into the newly established Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame at the Mattamy National Cycling Center .

successes

Street

1969
1971
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial
1973
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial
1974
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Road Race, Individual Time Trial
1975
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial
1976
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial
1977
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial
1978
1980
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial

train

1970
1971
1975
1976
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Amateur Champion - Sprint
1977
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian champion - points race
1978

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jocelyn Lovell, Canada's first cycling icon in Mississauga
  2. ↑ a b Canadian Cycling Magazine: Jocelyn Lovell, Canada's first cycling icon - Canadian Cycling Magazine. In: cyclingmagazine.ca. June 4, 2016, accessed December 17, 2018 .
  3. ↑ canadian-cycling.com ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 237 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.canadian-cycling.com
  4. ↑ a b c d Sad News - Legendary Canadian Cycling Icon Jocelyn Lovell Passes Away. In: pedalmag.com. June 4, 2016, accessed December 17, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Canadian Olympic cyclist Jocelyn Lovell dies at 65. In: thestar.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lovell, Jocelyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lovell, Jocelyn Bjorn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwich , UK
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 2016
Place of death Mississauga