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-- Wilma Rudolphc2010., Primary, Enslow Elementary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Amazing AmericansSummary Note: An entry-level biography that describes how Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio and competed in the Olympics.
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2021., Juvenile, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: Biography JOYNER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A chapter book biography of Florence Griffith Joyner, part of the She Persisted series"--
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c1989., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography emphasizing the running career of the Olympic gold medalist who set new records in the 1988 Games in Seoul.
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[2020]., Primary, Akashic Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and illustrations look at the life of six-time Jamaican track and field sprinter, Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.
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By Shyne, Kevinc1982., J. Messner Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the skydiver whose brief career with the Army Golden Knights ended when his parachutes failed to open and he slammed into the ground at eighty-five miles per hour.
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2000., The Millbrook Press, Inc. Call No: 796.42 Rut Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marion Jones is an expert on the highs and lows of life, both in and out of sports. She overcame personal heartache and defied injuries, the experts, and the odds in her quest to be the best...and ended up being a champion in two sports.
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c1998., Free Press Call No: Sports Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Leslie Heywood discusses how her athletic career almost killed her and offers suggestions on how to make athletics safer for women today than it was when she was younger.
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-- Battle to break the 4 minute mile2022., Adolescent, Scholastic Focus Call No: HI-INT 920 BAS Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete.Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestselling adult account adapted for young readers delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport"--Provided by publisher.
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2022., Adolescent, Scholastic Focus Call No: BIOGRAPHY NF BAS Edition: 1st Ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at how Roger Bannister, John Landy, and Wes Santee sought to run a mile under four minutes.
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c2002., Tundra Books ; Tundra Books of Northern New York Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the life of Canadian Olympian, Ray Lewis, who overcame a poor childhood and a legacy of slavery to become the first Canadian-born black man named to the Canadian track-and-field team.
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2006, c2005., J.P. Tarcher/Penguin Call No: 796.42 KAR Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Karnazes is an ultramarathoner: a member of a small, elite, hard-core group of extreme athletes who race 100 miles and longer. They can run forty-eight hours and more without sleep. They can scale mountains, in brutally hot or cold weather, pushing their bodies, minds, and spirits well past what seems humanly possible. Karnazes has run 226.2 miles nonstop; he has completed the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon across Death Valley in 130-degree weather; and he is the only person to complete a marathon to the South Pole in running shoes. With an insight and candor rarely seen in sports memoirs, he reveals how he merges the solitary, manic, self-absorbed life of hard-core ultrarunning with a full-time job, a wife, and two children, and how running has made him who he is today.--From publisher description.
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Ã2010., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: WAR Edition: 2014 Random House t Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: WWII NF HIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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[2014], Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: HI-INT B ZAM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young adult adaptation of the account of American lieutenant Louis Zamperini's experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II after his plane crashed in the Pacific ocean and he was captured by the Japanese. Includes black-and-white photographs and a transcript of a conversation between author Lauren Hillenbrand and Zamperini.
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Juvenile Call No: Biography BOLT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, winner of nine gold medals in the Olympics.
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Juvenile Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, winner of nine gold medals in the Olympics.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B RUDOLPH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Profiles Wilma Rudolph, a sickly child born to a poor family in rural Tennessee who went on to become a world famous, record-breaking, Olympic track star.
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Call No: 796.42 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Wilma Rudolph wanted to run and jump like other children, but she had a serious disease that kept her leg from growing well. She did not give up and went on to one day win Olympic gold medals.
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By Leed, PercyCall No: Biography RUDOLPH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sprinter Wilma Rudolph's life was defined by epic triumphs on and off the track. As a child, Rudolph suffered from polio, but later became the first US woman to win three gold medals in track and field at an Olympics. Learn all about this inspirational athlete!