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I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
Lance Armstrong
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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
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Lance Edward Armstrong
Lance Edward Gunderson
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