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Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zatopek
Rick Broadbent
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Description for Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zatopek
Paperback. Series: Wisden Sports Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, A plate section. BIC Classification: BGS; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year In the summer of 1952 Emil Zatopek became the king of the running world with an unprecedented distance treble at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. Together with his wife Dana, who won another gold medal in the javelin, they were the embodiment of sporting romance. Born on the same day, they were champions on the same day too. Yet in 1968 this affable but eccentric Czech solider was betrayed by his Communist paymasters and cast out into wilderness. Hidden from world view, monitored by the secret police ... Read more
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year In the summer of 1952 Emil Zatopek became the king of the running world with an unprecedented distance treble at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. Together with his wife Dana, who won another gold medal in the javelin, they were the embodiment of sporting romance. Born on the same day, they were champions on the same day too. Yet in 1968 this affable but eccentric Czech solider was betrayed by his Communist paymasters and cast out into wilderness. Hidden from world view, monitored by the secret police ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Wisden Sports Writing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472920232
SKU
V9781472920232
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About Rick Broadbent
Rick Broadbent is an award-winning journalist and author. He has been staff writer at The Times for 15 years and spent 2007-13 as the paper's athletics correspondent. He has written eight books, including That Near-Death Thing and Ring of Fire, both shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He was also the ghostwriter of Jessica Ennis's bestselling ... Read more
Reviews for Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zatopek
FINALLY, the hidden life of a blazing star has been revealed, and it's even more spellbinding than I imagined. No one accomplished more on the Olympic track than Emil Zatopek, no runner was more revered and beloved, yet none of us knew what happened when he suddenly vanished from the outside world. I've been hungry to read this story for ... Read more