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Author | : Brad Lewis |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-04-07 |
Genre | : Rowing |
ISBN | : 9781460914458 |
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Brad Alan Lewis' determination to win an Olympic medal had taken over his life by 1984. He would be too old for the 1988 Games and his spot on the 1980 team had been lost to world politics. Only 1984 remained. But Lewis had a problem. Emotionally crushed after losing a guaranteed spot on the team by nine-tenths of a second in the single scull trials, Lewis went to the dreaded Olympic selection camp, where he hoped to earn a place in a national team boat. Again he failed. Lewis refused to be denied. He teamed up with Paul Enquist, who had been cut from the camp, and began training to challenge the national boat. It would be their last chance to compete in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Using innovative psychological and physical training techniques developed by Lewis, they defeated the national entry at the double scull trials, three weeks after being considered failures by the system. In an event dominated by the Europeans, they won the first United States gold medal in rowing since 1964 and the first in the double scull since 1932. Lewis' story is more than a book about a man winning a gold medal in a sport that offers little more than personal rewards. It is about challenging convention, overcoming defeat and working outside of an established system. Assault on Lake Casitas is a compelling tale of competition at the highest possible level and the emotions that fuel obsession.
Author | : Brad A. Lewis |
Publisher | : Shark Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 1990-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781888478006 |
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Author | : Brad Alan Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
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Author | : Brad Alan Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2007-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781888478020 |
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Rowers are a strange breed. In one of athletics' most demanding sports, they spend hours each day training for races that no one sees & fewer still appreciate. Why would someone want to coach in such an unpromising enterprise?
Author | : Jason Dorland |
Publisher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1927051002 |
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With the 2012 Olympic Games on the horizon, talk of high-level performance, achievement, going for gold and motivational strategy is already rising in pitch. Former Olympic rower Jason Dorland knows how important it is to convey the right message about winning. In this compelling memoir, he shares his challenging journey to cultivate a healthier outlook. Detailing his experiences rowing with the Canadian National Rowing Team and later coaching high-school crews, he reveals how a devastating performance at the 1988 Olympics defined his life for years to come. "In it to win it," he fell apart when that didn't happen. The same win-at-all-costs mentality that made the Olympic loss so hard to bear was also what made it difficult for him to move forward, despite his efforts to overcome his overwhelming sense of failure. An honest, intimate look at the reality of high-level athletics, Jason's memoir is more than a sports story.
Author | : Brad Alan Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2021-05-10 |
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A young man from Corona del Mar, California attempts to win a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in the rarified sport of rowing - sculling to be precise.
Author | : Jeremiah Brown |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2018-03-24 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1459741331 |
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Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you’ve got. After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and becoming a father at nineteen, Jeremiah Brown manages to grow up into a responsible young adult. But while juggling the demands of a long-term relationship, fatherhood, mortgage payments, and a nine-to-five banking career, he feels something is missing. A new goal captures his imagination: What would it take to become an Olympian? Guided by a polarizing coach, Brown and his teammates plumb the depths of physical and mental exertion in pursuit of a singular goal. The 4 Year Olympian is a story of courage, perseverance, and overcoming self-doubt, told from the perspective of an unlikely competitor.
Author | : David Livingston |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2010-03-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1408801191 |
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'The Boat Race is the most divisive event in rowing … An extraordinary and gripping story of a battle between brothers' Sir Matthew Pinsent
Author | : Marty Nothstein |
Publisher | : Rodale Books |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2012-06-05 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1609613384 |
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The harrowing, triumphant tale of a cyclist's journey to Olympic victory and the price he paid to achieve greatness. Marty Nothstein, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 Olympic Games a heavy favorite. In the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event akin to prizefighting on a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval track. Nothstein lost by a hair's width on the finish line and vowed to win the gold at the next Olympics, saying, "I didn't come here for a silver medal." In The Price of Gold, Marty Nothstein eloquently and honestly tracks his journey to the games in Sydney and the events that molded him into the world's fastest man on a bicycle—from his tough-love upbringing in a blue-collar, split home, to the "borderline outlaw" cast of cycling characters who helped guide him through the ranks. "I had to become the worst, to become the best," Nothstein says of the single-minded determination that turned him into a veritable monster on his bike, but often forced him to neglect his own family. Sure to become a sports classic, this book will be published in time for the 2012 Olympics, when the world's eyes are trained on London and international conversation will turn to the question of what it takes to win the gold.
Author | : Daniel J. Boyne |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2019-08-23 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1493043552 |
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Harvard University coach and acclaimed rowing author, Dan Boyne, tells a humorous story of his first year of freshman crew, including a sub plot of personal redemption against an insufferable football player who has bullied him throughout high school. After being accepted at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, Boyne decides to take up rowing, the only sport that takes place far off campus, on the adventurous waters of The Connecticut River. There, he quickly experiences the unique rigors, rewards, and colorful personalities of the sport, not knowing that his nemesis has decided to try out for crew, at rival school Coast Guard Academy. As racing season approaches, Boyne becomes part of an exceptional freshman lightweight boat, with high hopes to win the National Championships in Philadelphia that year, but his final fears are realized when he discovers that his old high school archenemy is also doing well, and rowing in the very same position as he is—the seven seat. The authors previous book, The Red Rose Crew earned a starred Kirkus review and became a Boston Globe bestseller in 2001. , In 2008, Dan was awarded first prize in the category of biography in the Premier Book Awards for Kelly. , Motion picture rights for The Red Rose Crew have been sold, and the script is now being written.