Making Waves : My Journey to Winning Olympic Gold and Defeating the East German Doping Program EPUB
by Shirley Babashoff, Chris Epting
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In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest female swimmer in the world.
Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become the female Mark Spitz.
All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German womens team. Once celebrated as Americas golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: Surly Shirley.
Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.
Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become the female Mark Spitz.
All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German womens team. Once celebrated as Americas golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: Surly Shirley.
Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.
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- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Santa Monica Press
- Publication Date:05/07/2016
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Download - Immediately Available
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- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Santa Monica Press
- Publication Date:05/07/2016
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- ISBN:9781595808042
