Jocelyn Lovell

Jocelyn Lovell

Personal information
Born	(1950-07-19) 19 July 1950 Norwich, Norfolk, England
Team information
Amateur team(s)
1968–1983	Team Canada

Jocelyn Bjorn Lovell (born 19 July 1950) is a former cyclist from Canada. He competed at three Olympic Games.

Lovell dominated Canadian 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 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 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 gravel truck while training in Halton Region, just northwest of Toronto. Police investigators said that Lovell pulled alongside or in front of the truck and braked, resulting in the collision. The truck hit him from behind and broke his neck and pelvis. He is now a quadriplegic. No charges were laid.

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 lives in Mississauga, Ontario with his second wife, Neil.

References

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External links

• 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