The First Lady of Olympic Track: The Life and Times of Betty Robinson

Joe Gergen

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Editore: Northwestern University Press, 2014

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The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam were the first in which women over the objections of many, including Pope Pius XI and the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin were allowed to run in the marquee track events.Equally remarkable is the story behind the first female gold medal winner in the 100-meter dash, sixteen-year-old American Betty Robinson.A prodigy running in just her fourth organised meet, Robinson stunned the world, earning special praise from the president of the 1928 American Olympic Committee, General Douglas MacArthur. But Robinson?s triumph soon became tragedy when in 1931 she was involved in a life-threatening plane crash. Unable to assume a sprinter?s crouch, she nevertheless joined fellow pioneer Jesse Owens at the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, and achieved further glory on the relay team. Journalist Joe Gergen?s The First Lady of Olympic Track rescues an exceptional figure from obscurity.

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Titolo
The First Lady of Olympic Track: The Life and Times of Betty Robinson
Autore
Joe Gergen
Editore
Northwestern University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2014
Condizione
Good
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Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0810129582
ISBN 13
9780810129580

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