women track and field athletes

Olga Kotelko is in her nineties. Yet she is a Canadian track star. She is aging at an almost supernaturally slow rate. The author considers every piece of the puzzle that is Olga---her diet, how she scores on tests of various personality traits, her hobbies, and her family history. In the process an enduring and unlikely friendship develops between the author and his subject.

Biography of track and field athlete Gwen Torrence, a world record holder discussing her life, contests, and gold medal performance in the 1992 Olymics.

Follows the careers of six women's track champions from their first races in grade school through their winning of national and international titles.

A biography of the Olympic track and field star who has excelled in the long jump and heptathlon.

Traces the achievements of some of the top women track and field athletes, including Wilma Rudolph, Grete Waitz, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

A biography of the Olympic gold medalist and world champion in both the long jump and the heptathlon.

Discusses the past and present of women's track and field and presents biographies of eight notable competitors, including Sally Barsosio, Cathy Freeman, and Angela Williams.

A biography of the woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

Autobiography of Olympic athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, discussing her early success in sports, her struggles to hold her family together after the death of her mom, her battles with asthma, and her marriage to her controversial coach.

Text and photographs chronicle the life of the track and field star who has had medal-winning performances in three Olympics.