track and field athletes

A biography of the American athlete who won medals in several track and field events in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympic games.

"Lopez Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. Though most of us fall somewhere between the catastrophic lows and dizzying highs of Lomong's incredible life, every reader will find in his story the human spark to pursue dreams that might seem unthinkable, even from circumstances that might appear hopeless" --Amazon.com.

Presents volume fourteen in a seventeen-volume series on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat sports injuries and focuses specifically on track and field with additional information on its history and possible career opportunities.

Examines the life of Olympic gold-medalist, Jesse Owens.

A Biography of the Jamaican track and field star which documents his childhood, his setbecks, his record-breaking wins, and his life off the track.

Traces the history of track and field, providing information on the sport's rules, key figures, events, and philosophy.

A career biography of Wilma Rudolph, focusing on her accomplishments as an athlete and educator, and as the first American woman to win three gold medals at the same Olympics.

Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and challenged Hitler's notion of Aryan superiority.

Offers a brief biographical profile of African-American track-and-field Olympian Jesse Owens.

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.