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A Memoir
出版Klipspringer Press, 2017
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & BlackSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSports & Recreation / Women in Sports
ISBN06928856769780692885673
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tC02swEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In "My Olympic life", readers will journey with an African-American youngster from racially-charged and segregated Indianapolis in the 1950s and '60s, who went to a high school with no sports for girls, as she grows up to be a member of the first women's U.S. Olympic rowing team and wins a bronze medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. They will then see how her Olympic experience galvanized her to become an active member in national and international sport and Olympic organizations, including becoming the first woman vice president of both FISA (the International Rowing Federation) and the International Olympic Committee. Her story is more than a civil rights and sporting victory for one person. It reveals how with grit, determination and passion, one person can change the game positively for all