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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

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

Date4/22/1982
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  • 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.
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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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
      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
      Bock, Tony
      8/6/1985
      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
      Lovell, Jocelyn
      11/3/1983
      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
      Goode, Jeff
      5/11/1984
      Wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell
      Wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell
      Goode, Jeff
      n.d.
      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
      Bock, Tony
      1/30/1987
      Lovell: One of Canada's best cyclists heads the field at Sportsweek race.
      Lovell: One of Canada's best cyclists heads the field at Sportsweek race.
      Beaty, Keith
      5/1/1981
      Gun-shy campaigners: From left, Olympians Silken Laumann, Mark Tewksbury, Syivie Frechette and Michael Smith have resisted overtures to use their influence for the Yes side in the national referendum
      Gun-shy campaigners: From left, Olympians Silken Laumann, Mark Tewksbury, Syivie Frechette and Michael Smith have resisted overtures to use their influence for the Yes side in the national referendum
      Gower, Patti
      8/14/1992
      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
      Lovell, Jocelyn
      10/13/1983
      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
      Lovell, Jocelyn
      3/10/1976
      Equal rights: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell speaks out at city hall yesterday against a bid to force race organizers to give women the same prize money as men
      Equal rights: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell speaks out at city hall yesterday against a bid to force race organizers to give women the same prize money as men
      Lovell, Jocelyn
      2/23/1990
      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
      Lovell, Jocelyn
      3/28/1988
      It was the change of the bike brigade at Queen's Park yesterday as 130 cyclists went after the first prize in the Carling O'Keefe International Grand Prix of Cycling
      It was the change of the bike brigade at Queen's Park yesterday as 130 cyclists went after the first prize in the Carling O'Keefe International Grand Prix of Cycling
      Goode, Jeff
      8/1/1983