Jocelyn Lovell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jocelyn Lovell

Canadian racing cyclist

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1950

Place of Birth: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Jun-2016

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.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.