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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
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106 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven at the urging of his mom. As a young boy, Michael was brimming with energy-more energy than most other kids his age-and Mrs. Phelps thought this sport could help keep him calm and focused. As Michael grew older, his skills improved, and he transformed into one of the greatest swimmers in the world, winning twenty-eight Olympic medals"--
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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare. Poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air...
6) Finding Ultra: rejecting middle age, becoming one of the world's fittest men, and discovering myself
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Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
c2012
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xvi, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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"Finding Ultra" recounts Roll's remarkable journey from an overweight 40-year-old to the starting line of the elite 320-mile Ultraman competition in a beautifully written portrait of what willpower can accomplish.
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
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108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sacand Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains...
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"Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it wasn't an easy road to success. Aly faced obstacle after obstacle, including naysayers who claimed that she didn't have the talent to compete at an elite level and classmates who shamed Aly for her athletic body. Through...
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Calkins Creek Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 23 cm
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Traces the world record-setting athlete's early childhood ambitions through her courageous final battle with cancer, covering such topics as her achievements at the 1932 Olympics and her later dominance in professional golf.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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vii, 231 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 poster
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The young Olympic gold-winning gymnast describes her life and career, covering her loving family, her rigorous training, her intense sacrifices, and her amazing triumphs.
15) Zion unmatched
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
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In a photographic essay format, showcases Zion Clark, an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer born with no legs, exploring his journey from a childhood in the foster care system to his rising as an Olympic-level athlete.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 27 cm
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Describes how after winning the 1928 Olympics, Betty Robinson survived a plane crash and disabling injuries that she overcame to win the gold medal again during the 1936 Olympics.
17) Foxcatcher
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The dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
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"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winnerin the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
20) Jesse Owens
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Despite Jesse Owens's remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling to overcome its own deeply entrenched bias.
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