track athletes

This Olympic star overcame extraordinary adversity, including crippling polio, to become the fastest woman in the world by 1960.

When a heart condition threatens to curtail his friend Daryl's track career, Curt finds himself taking Daryl's place as lead contender for the conference championship and as the new obsession of Daryl's driven father.

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.

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.

Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has been transfered to a school in Japan where her idol Izumi Sano attends; however, it is an all-boy school and Izumi is her roommate.

A biography of the track and field star who won three gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games.

Explores the personal life, athletic accomplishments, and career of Jesse Owens.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, African-American Olympic gold medalist in track and field.

A biography of the New Jersey son of track-coach parents, holder of world records as a sprinter and long jumper, who won the Jesse Owens Award in 1982 and three medals in Helsinki in 1983.

A simple biography of the noted African-American track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.