| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Prologue; Introduction; 1. Alvin Kraenzlein: Track and Field, 1900; 2. George Coleman Poage: Track and Field, 1904; 3. Oscar Osthoff: Weight Lifting, 1904; 4. John Brennan: Track and Field, 1908; 5. Carleton Brosius: Tug-of-War and Fencing, 1920; 6. Ralph Metcalfe: Track and Field, 1932, 1936; 7. Lloyd LaBeach and Don Gehrmann: Track and Field, 1948; 8. Buddy Melges: Sailing, 1964, 1972; 9. Connie Carpenter Phinney: Speedskating, 1972, and Cycling, 1984; 10. Eric Heiden: Speedskating, 1976, 1980; 11. Mark Johnson and Bob Suter: Hockey, 1980 |
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12. Dan Jansen: Speedskating, 1984, 1988, 1992, 199413. Bonnie Blair: Speedskating, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994; 14. Mike Peplinski: Curling, 1998; 15. Ben Sheets: Baseball, 2000; 16. Karyn Bye: Hockey, 1998, 2002; 17. Casey FitzRandolph: Speedskating, 1998, 2002, 2006; 18. Chris Witty: Speedskating, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and Cycling, 2000; 19. Paul Hamm: Gymnastics, 2000, 2004; 20. Garrett Weber-Gale: Swimming, 2008; 21. Ben Provisor: Wrestling, 2012; 22. Matt Antoine: Skeleton, 2014; Team USA Medal Winners with Wisconsin Connections; Notes on Sources; Acknowledgments; Index |
| Summary |
"This book provides insights into the lives of those who were raised in or spent significant time in Wisconsin on their journey to the Olympic Games. Through interviews with contemporary athletes and archival research into the earlier history, the author shows us how deeply entrenched Wisconsin is in the Olympics. Featuring the athletes' personal insights (many of them are telling their stories in complete detail for the first time) and filled with pictures from their personal collections, the book provides readers with a new and deeper understanding of the sacrifices, joy, pain, heartbreak, and absolute dedication it takes to reach the world's grandest sporting competition"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography
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Olympics -- Participation, American.
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Athletes -- Wisconsin -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Olympics.
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Olympics -- Participation, American
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Athletes
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Olympic athletes
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United States
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Wisconsin
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016022854 |
| ISBN |
9780870207662 |
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0870207660 |
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