Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History by Davis, Pauline
Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History by Davis, Pauline

Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History

A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history....
$139.34 AUD
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SKU: 9781538155493
Product Type: Books
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Author: Pauline Davis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History by Davis, Pauline

Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History

$139.34
Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History by Davis, Pauline

Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History

$139.34
Author: Pauline Davis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history. When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn't with any thought of future Olympic glory. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family's buckets every day to fetch fresh water-running sideways, sprinting barefoot from bullies, to get the buckets of water home without spilling. But when a seasoned track coach saw Pauline sprinting, he saw the heart of a champion. In Running Sideways, Pauline Davis shares her inspiring story. Born and raised in the ghetto, Pauline fought through poverty, inequality, racism, and political machinations from her own country to beat the odds and become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the first individual gold medalist in sprinting from the Caribbean, the first Black woman on the World Athletics council, and a central figure in the Russian anti-doping campaign. A casualty herself of the doping plague that hit track and field-she wouldn't be awarded her individual gold medal until Marion Jones was infamously stripped of her medals for doping-Pauline dedicated her years on the World Athletics council to clean sport and fair play. Running Sideways is a book about determination, faith, focus, and an incredible will to succeed. It's about a trailblazer in women's sports, not just in The Bahamas, not just in track and field, but on the global stage.

Author: Pauline Davis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 02/09/2022
Pages: 338
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781538155493


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/29/2021
Booklist 01/01/2022 pg. 29
Choice 11/01/2022
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