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The Davis Phinney Foundation is a non-profit to help people with Parkinson's live well with the disease. It was founded in 2004 by Davis Phinney, the former professional road bicycle racer and Olympic medal winner. Phinney was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease in 2000 at the age of 40.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Davis Phinney's Memoir Offers Information and Inspiration for Living Well with Parkinson's Disease )〕 Today, Davis is an inspirational figure in the cycling community and people living with Parkinson's (estimated 60,000 Americans and estimated 10 million worldwide).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics on Parkinson's )〕 The Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity that functions without an endowment and depends on donations from individuals, foundations and corporations. It reaches an international audience through its programs and online programming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Collaborations )〕 ==History== As an Olympic Bronze medalist and Tour de France stage winner, Davis Phinney has celebrated the most victories of any cyclist in American history. From the late 1970s until his retirement from professional cycling in 1993, Davis achieved more wins – 328 victories in all – than any other US Cyclist. Davis is one of only three Americans who have won multiple stages of the Tour de France.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Congratulations to Davis Phinney, recipient of the 2014 Alan Bonander Humanitarian Award )〕 Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong are the other two.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Americans in the Tour - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information )〕 In 2000, Davis was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease after years of feeling “off."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Davis Phinney Inducted in 2001 for Modern Road & Track Competitor (Post-1975) )〕 Shortly after his Parkinson’s diagnosis, Davis and his family moved to Italy. While living there, Davis was contacted by Kathleen Krumme, a cyclist who asked Davis to let her use his name in conjunction with her ride (the Sunflower Revolution) to benefit Parkinson’s. From this connection, the Davis Phinney Foundation was born.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunflower Revolution Marks 10 Years of Memories )〕 Davis realized there were many ways he could improve the quality of his daily life with Parkinson’s, including through exercise. He started the Davis Phinney Foundation as a way to fund and advance research that demonstrates the benefits of exercise, speech therapy and other behavioral elements that are critical to quality of life with Parkinson’s. It has since expanded to include a variety of programming that helps people with Parkinson’s take a more active role in their own care.〔("Davis Phinney" ), Speaker Biographies, Windrose Media〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davis Phinney Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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