"Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi's career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. Trained from early childhood in a sport that demands uncompromising self-discipline and unrelenting work, her "fight until you make it" attitude brought her success and fame--and an insidious performance anxiety. Mental and physical burnout forced her retirement in 2015. With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi's candid memoir describes the making and eventual undoing of a champion, reveals a darker side to the "ice princess" image of women's figure skating and advocates a more holistic, athlete-centered model of training"--
In this memoir, Korpi, a Finnish figure skater and trainer, and Nurminen, a sports journalist who focuses on figure skating, detail Korpi's life and career as a figure skater. She won several European Figure Skating Championship medals and Grand Prix events, and was a five-time Finnish champion and two-time Olympian. Her self-discipline and sole focus on figure skating brought her success along with performance anxiety, and she retired due to mental and physical burnout in 2015. The book describes how she became a champion, the darker side of the "ice princess" image of women's figure skating, and the need for a more holistic, athlete-centered model of training. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
