Historic Overview Jocelyn Lovell
Rider
Overall Rank | 15115 |
Name | Jocelyn LOVELL |
Country | Canada |
Date of birth | 19-Jul-1950 - Norwich-Gbr (Norfolk) |
Date of death | 03-Jun-2016 - Mississauga (Ontario) |
Contempories | View Contemporary Ranking |
Biography
Jocelyn Charles Bjorn Lovell (July 19, 1950 – June 3, 2016) was a Canadian cyclist. He won dozens of Canadian national titles for track and road cycling in the 1970s and early 1980s, 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.
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, 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.
On August 4, 1983, he was hit by a dump truck while training in Halton Region, just northwest of Toronto. The driver drove into him from behind, breaking Lovell's neck and pelvis. From that moment on, he permanently became quadriplegic. No charges were laid. In 1985, he was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
Badges
Seasons
Jocelyn Lovell - Scores by Season
Year | Team | Score | Rank | ||
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1. | 1969 | Individual | 12 | 692 | |
2. | 1970 | Individual | 7 | 758 | |
3. | 1971 | Individual | 7 | 742 | |
4. | 1973 | Individual | 5 | 792 | |
5. | 1974 | Furzi | 16 | 530 | |
6. | 1975 | Individual | 5 | 743 | |
7. | 1976 | Individual | 7 | 690 | |
8. | 1977 | Individual | 5 | 775 | |
9. | 1978 | Individual | 11 | 629 | |
10. | 1980 | Individual | 5 | 830 | |
11. | 1983 | Individual | 4 | 945 | |
Overall: | 84 | 15115 |