| ISBN |
9780711252523 (hardback) |
| Name |
Billioud, Jean-Michel author. |
| Title |
Amazing athletes : 40 inspiring icons / Jean-Michael Billioud & [illustrated by] Gonoh ; [translated by Bethany Wright]. |
| Published |
London : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
1 volume unnumbered : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. |
| Contents |
Spyridon Louis -- Charlotte Cooper -- Madge Syers -- Jim Thorp -- Paavo Nuurmi -- Mildred 'Babe' Didrickson Zaharias -- Jesse Owens -- Fanny Blankers--Koen -- Emil Zátopek -- Marjorie Gestring -- Micheline Ostermeyer -- Abebe Bikila -- Betty Cuthbert -- Wilma Rudolph -- Tommie Smith -- Mark Spitz -- Daley Thompson -- Carl Lewis -- Nadia Comaneci -- Birgit Fisher -- Steve Redgrave -- Nawal El Moutawakil -- Trischa Zorn -- Jonas Jacobsson -- Sebastian Coe -- Michael Johnson -- Marie-José Pérec -- Michael Edgson -- Isabell Werth -- Maria Mutola -- Cathy Freeman -- Valentina Vezzali -- Tony Estanguet -- Yelena Isinbayeva -- Mo Farrah -- Michael Phelps -- Usain Bolt -- Teddy Riner -- Ellie Simmonds -- Simone Biles. |
| Summary |
Records smashed... incredible athletic feats... Medals won... the top 40 Olympic athletes of all time are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn how these athletic stars became the best in the world. Relive Usain Bolt's astonishing record-breaking runs, learn about Charlotte Cooper, the first ever female Olympic champion, meet the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, Michael Phelps, and see some of the most impressive wins in history. From Nawal El Moutawakel, the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion, to gymnastic prodigy Simone Biles, whose skills on the vault and the floor are admired all over the world, these are the 40 Olympic Athletes to be learned about by all. Includes famous Australian sporting stars Betty Cuthbert and Cathy Freeman. |
| Target audience note |
7 - 10 years old. |
| Language note |
Translated from the French. |
| Subjects |
Olympics -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Olympic athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Sports -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Other Names |
Gonoh illustrator. |
| Wright, Bethany translator. |
| Series |
40 inspiring icons |
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