olympic athletes

As athletes from around the world hone their skills for the ultimate competition, records are bound to fall.

"Jesse Owens smashed records throughout his track and field career. In 1936, he made history at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Owens won four gold medals, combating Adolf Hitler's message of Nazi superiority"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her.

"... introduces readers to woman athletes who have excelled in their sports because of their passion, their skills and their persistence"--Jacket flap.

"An inspiring children's picture book about the indomitable spirit of Jamaican six-time Olympic medal winner Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce."--.

"At only sixteen years old, Betty Robinson became the first female gold medalist in track and field in the 1928 Olympics and an overnight sensation. She was set for gold again and had her eyes on the 1932 Olympics. Her plans changed forever when a horrible plane crash left her in a wheelchair, with one leg shorter than the other. But Betty didn't let that stop her. In less than five years, she relearned how to stand, to walk, and finally to run again and try to taste gold once more in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin"--Provided by publisher.

"US Olympian Aly Raisman is a leader in and out of the gym. She has risen to . . . prominence as an outspoken voice against sexual assault. This title covers . . . details of her life as a gold-winning gymnast"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her.

Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her.

Explores the mental and physical preparation, which took years, that Olympic gold medalist and track and field superstar Sanya Richards-Ross underwent to get to where she is today.