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Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Jun-2014
  • Kirjastus: Andre Deutsch Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0233004203
  • ISBN-13: 9780233004204
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Jun-2014
  • Kirjastus: Andre Deutsch Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0233004203
  • ISBN-13: 9780233004204
Katherine Grainger was Great Britain's finest woman rower, but there was one gigantic itch that needed to be scratched. On August 3, 2012, on the water at Eton Dorney, she—and Anna Watkins—rubbed away, and London 2012 Olympic Games women's Double Sculls golds medals were theirs. Three times a silver medallist in the Olympic Games, Kath Grainger's career was complete and, at the age of 36, she could retire an Olympic champion, to go with her six World Championships and eight World Cup gold medals. Kath's story is an remarkable ones—proof that nice people can be winners and dedication and hard work pays off. Incredibly bright, Grainger combined her athletic career with her education and she has degrees from Glasgow and Edinburgh Univeristies, and a PhD from London, in subjects as diverse as law, philosophy, and homicide. No wonder she is so much in demand as a much and motivational speaker. Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography tells the inspirational story of one of Britain's golden girls from London 2012.

Arvustused

"The book is a testament to friendship" - The Observer



"...as much about people as it is about the physical and mental challenges of world-class rowing" - The Financial Times



"a beautifully crafted tale of a singular womanan important and long overdue bookits pages are rich with emotion: passion, anger and determination ooze out of the text." - Rowing & Regatta Magazine

Foreword vii
Sir Steve Redgrave
Preface To The Paperback Edition ix
Acknowledgements xi
Once Upon A Time 1(4)
Chapter 1 Let's Start At The Very Beginning...
5(20)
Chapter 2 The Wonder Years
25(32)
Chapter 3 Decisions, Discord And Donuts
57(26)
Chapter 4 Breakthrough At Sydney
83(20)
Chapter 5 All Change
103(18)
Chapter 6 Through The Pain
121(20)
Chapter 7 Quadruple Quandaries
141(14)
Chapter 8 Chinese Burn
155(18)
Chapter 9 Tapping Into Phoebe
173(26)
Chapter 10 The Right Fit
199(36)
Chapter 11 Golden Days
235(48)
...And They Lived Happily Ever After 283(4)
For The Record 287
Katherine Grainger is Great Britain's finest female rower and the most decorated one, too, with four Olympic Games medals - one gold - and eight World Championship medals - six gold - and seven rowing World Cups. But Katherine is more than just a star on the water, she is highly intelligent, having earned an Honours law degree from Edinburgh University, a Master of Philosophy degree from the Glasgow University and, whilst training for the London 2012 Games, completed her PhD in Homicide at King's College, London. Katherine may yet continue her rowing career and try to win a second gold medal at the Rio 2016, her fifth Olympic Games. She lives in Maidenhead.