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The 20 Best Memoirs by Olympians to Feel Inspired
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One of today's most recognized athletes, Simone Biles is a force to reckon with. But, it wasn't easy for her to arrive at this point. In her memoir, co-written with journalist Michelle Burford, Biles describes her lifelong challenges, from growing up in and out of foster care to becoming the only female gymnast to win three consecutive World Championship titles. In the memoir, she writes: "I wanted every child, regardless of race, to be able to look at my Worlds win and say, I can dream big too."
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith
The day Tommie Smith broke the 200-meter dash record time, he stood on the podium and lifted his fist alongside John Carlos. It was 1968, four years after the Civil Rights Act. Smith reflected that they had "no guide, no blueprint. No one had ever turned the medal stand into a festival of visual symbols to express our feelings." The image of Tommie Smith with his fist raised became a symbol of the fight against racism and discrimination. In Silent Gesture, Smith delves into his early life, the events that led him to that moment, and the post-Olympics effects of his stance
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ANOTHER HURDLE
Autobiography of David Hemery, the British hurdler. 8vo. 216pp. 16 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, good.
£10.00
ANOTHER HURDLE
Autobiography of David Hemery, the British hurdler. 8vo. 216pp. 16 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed and dedicated by Hemery to the well-known sports journalist Sydney Hulls.
£18.00
BRENDAN FOSTER
Brendan Foster's autobiography, Britain's only athletics medallist in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Paperback. Small 4to. 220pp. Profusely illustrated. Good condition.
£8.00
CHAMPION IN REVOLT
Rowe won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1958 European Championships. Here he lifts the lid off amateur sport, exposing bribery, drug taking and other rackets in athletics. 8vo. 160pp.
£8.00
DALEY THOMPSON
Early biography of the great 1980s decathlete. 8vo. 96pp. Paperback. Very good condition.
£6.00
DEVIL AT MY HEELS - THE STORY OF LOUIS ZAMPERINI
Autobiography of Louis Zamperini, who ran the 5000 metres in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, was a POW in Japan and later befriended the Evangelist Billy Graham, who helped launch his new ca
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