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Lovell still a hero. Jocelyn Lovell, left, former world-class cyclist, admires a painting of himself done by Tony Kew. He and wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell, along with Dr. Eric Jackman, attended a reception in his honor at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame yest

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Lovell still a hero. Jocelyn Lovell, left, former world-class cyclist, admires a painting of himself done by Tony Kew. He and wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell, along with Dr. Eric Jackman, attended a reception in his honor at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame yest

Date8/6/1985

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Bock, Tony (photographer)

Lovell, Jocelyn (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives

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A champion cyclist herself, Sylvia Burka-Lovell, 29, now spends as many as 12 hours a day in hospital, at the side of her husband, Jocelyn Lovell, whose cycling career was ended by an accident that paralyzed him

A champion cyclist herself, Sylvia Burka-Lovell, 29, now spends as many as 12 hours a day in hospital, at the side of her husband, Jocelyn Lovell, whose cycling career was ended by an accident that paralyzed him

11/3/1983

Two on a bike: Jocelyn Lovell and his wife of 10 months, former speedskating champion Sylvia Burka, both three-time Olympians, will be competing together as national team cyclists this season

Two on a bike: Jocelyn Lovell and his wife of 10 months, former speedskating champion Sylvia Burka, both three-time Olympians, will be competing together as national team cyclists this season

4/22/1982

His sport was his career: A fund should be organized for cyclist Jocelyn Lovell, Canada's athlete of the year in 1975, a reader suggests

His sport was his career: A fund should be organized for cyclist Jocelyn Lovell, Canada's athlete of the year in 1975, a reader suggests

10/13/1983

Wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell

Wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell

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He's Holland-bound: Canada's top cyclist, Jocelyn Lovell of Toronto received a $2,000 cheque yesterday from Olympic Trust to train in Holland

He's Holland-bound: Canada's top cyclist, Jocelyn Lovell of Toronto received a $2,000 cheque yesterday from Olympic Trust to train in Holland

3/10/1976

Case settled: Champion cyclist Jocelyn Lovell in the kitchen of his Port Credit home yesterday, after the case arising from the 1983 accident that left him in a wheelchair was settled

Case settled: Champion cyclist Jocelyn Lovell in the kitchen of his Port Credit home yesterday, after the case arising from the 1983 accident that left him in a wheelchair was settled

1/30/1987

Going home: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell is helped into a van by his wife Sylvia on his way home yesterday after nine months in hospital

Going home: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell is helped into a van by his wife Sylvia on his way home yesterday after nine months in hospital

5/11/1984

One of a kind: Jocelyn Lovell hand-crafts a bicycle in his Etobicoke workshop

One of a kind: Jocelyn Lovell hand-crafts a bicycle in his Etobicoke workshop

5/20/1981

Lovell, Jocelyn

Lovell, Jocelyn

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Lovell, Jocelyn

Lovell, Jocelyn

8/2/1984

Jocelyn Lovell. Cycling medalist

Jocelyn Lovell. Cycling medalist

11/20/1973

What's it like? Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell, now a quadriplegic, can't begin to describe how awful it is to be disabled

What's it like? Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell, now a quadriplegic, can't begin to describe how awful it is to be disabled

3/28/1988