Jr. Swimmer, Swimming World
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Page : 334 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Swimming
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Page : 334 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Swimming
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Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Swimming
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Author : Mallory Weggemann
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1400223474
Meet Mallory Weggemann: a Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator whose extraordinary story will give you the encouragement you need to rise up to meet any challenge you face in life. On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records. Two years after that, a devastating fall severely damaged her left arm. But despite all of the hardships that Mallory faced, she was sure about one thing: she refused to give up. After two reconstructive surgeries and extended rehab, she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships. And even better, she found confidence, independence, and persevering love. She even walked down the aisle on her wedding day against all odds. Mallory's extraordinary resilience and uncompromising commitment to excellence are rooted in her resolve, her faith, and her sheer grit. In Limitless, Mallory shares the lessons she learned by pushing past every obstacle and expectation that stood in her way, teaching you how to: redefine your limits remember that healing is not chronological be willing to fail lean on your community embrace your comeback write your own ending Mallory's story reminds us that we can handle whatever challenges, labels, or difficulties we face in life, and we can do it on our own terms. Because when we refuse to accept every boundary that hems us in--physical, emotional, or societal--we become limitless.
Author : Anthony Ervin
Publisher : Akashic Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1617754641
The Olympic swimmer reveals the wild and challenging journey that took place between two gold medals: “Inspiring, humorous, and often profound.”—People Magazine Anthony Ervin is an Olympic swimmer who won the gold at nineteen—and that may be one of the least interesting things about him. An athlete of Jewish and African-American descent who is also a practicing Buddhist, he auctioned off the medal he won in Sydney to help raise funds for victims of the 2004 tsunami. He had grown up battling Tourette’s syndrome, and later struggled with suicidal depression, drinking and drugs, and a period of homelessness. This blend of memoir and biography, written by Ervin in collaboration with trainer Constantine Markides, is part spiritual quest, part self-destructive bender involving Zen temples, fast motorcycles, tattoo parlors, and rock 'n' roll bands—revealing the journey that preceded his remarkable 2016 Olympic comeback as the oldest individual gold medal winner in swimming. Winner of the 2018 Buck Dawson Author Award presented by the International Swimming Hall of Fame “Gripping…Readers will understand the psyche and life of elite athletes as never before.”—Library Journal “A celebrated Olympian recounts how he rose to the top of his sport, crashed, and found redemption…The author never flinches at revealing his less-than-perfect past, and the humility he demonstrates at coming to terms with his own egotism and personal shortcomings makes the book frequently compelling. A provocative and refreshingly honest redemption memoir.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Page : 402 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Swimming
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Author : Gary Andrew Barclay
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Swimming
ISBN : 9780646518473
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Page : 1792 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Periodicals
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Author : Shirley Babashoff
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1595808043
In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest female swimmer in the world. Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become “the female Mark Spitz.” All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German women’s team. Once celebrated as America’s golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: “Surly Shirley.” Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.
Author : Donald W. Hastings
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780819166296
The use of sociological concepts to analyze the occupation of swimming coach is handled well...a good professional socialization device.-CHOICE
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Page : 718 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Copyright
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