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Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a “wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade). By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. But the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made...
Author
Publisher
DUTTON D
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family. The word relentless has many meanings for swimmer Missy Franklin. In the pool, it reminds her to remain steady...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An inspiring open-water swimmer - who swam the English channel and endured 32-degree water off of Antarctica, all without a wetsuit - discusses her diagnosis with a dangerous heart condition and her eventual full surrender to her increasing physical frailty, to her illness, her treatment and her slow pull toward recovery.
Author
Publisher
Vintage books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
''When Diana Nyad arrived on the shore of Key West after fifty-three hours of grueling swimming across an epic ocean, she not only set a world record—becoming the first person to swim the shark-infested waters between Cuba and Florida with no cage for protection—she also succeeded in fulfilling a dream she first chased at age twenty-eight and at long last achieved when she was sixty-four. Now, in a riveting memoir, Diana shares a spirited account...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2018]
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
“Raw and poeticlean and ferocious.” The New York Times. “I swim for every chance to get wastedafter every meet, every weekend, every travel trip. This is what I look forward to and what I tell no one: the burn of it down my throat, to my soul curled up in my lungs, the sharpest pain all over itit seizes and stretches, becoming alive again, and is the only thing that makes sense.” At fifteen, Casey Legler is already one of the fastest swimmers...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
The champion Paralympic swimmer, born in Russia with a condition that would result in the amputation of both legs below her knee, presents a photographic memoir of the life-changing moments that helped shape who she is today.
Author
Publisher
Santa Monica Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"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...
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Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. In 2008, he won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing, breaking the record of most gold medals won at a single Olympics"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A memoir from World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky"--
"WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? "I never imagined I would make it to the Olympics, or be at this level, or write a book about this unlikely career that I've had. But I've really enjoyed the ride, this journey." Katie Ledecky is one of the best swimmers ever to compete. She has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. A three-time Olympian, a seven-time gold...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"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 himcalm 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"--
"Find out how a mischievous...
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