Going for Wisconsin gold : stories of our state olympians /

"This book provides insights into the lives of those who were raised in or spent significant time in Wisconsin on their journey to the Olympic Games. Through interviews with contemporary athletes and archival research into the earlier history, the author shows us how deeply entrenched Wisconsin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garcia, Jessie, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016.
Temas:
Olympic athletes > United States > Biography.
Olympics > Participation, American.
Athletes > Wisconsin > Biography.
Athlètes olympiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
Jeux olympiques > Participation américaine.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
SPORTS & RECREATION > Olympics.
Olympics > Participation, American
Athletes
Olympic athletes
United States
Wisconsin
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue; Introduction; 1. Alvin Kraenzlein: Track and Field, 1900; 2. George Coleman Poage: Track and Field, 1904; 3. Oscar Osthoff: Weight Lifting, 1904; 4. John Brennan: Track and Field, 1908; 5. Carleton Brosius: Tug-of-War and Fencing, 1920; 6. Ralph Metcalfe: Track and Field, 1932, 1936; 7. Lloyd LaBeach and Don Gehrmann: Track and Field, 1948; 8. Buddy Melges: Sailing, 1964, 1972; 9. Connie Carpenter Phinney: Speedskating, 1972, and Cycling, 1984; 10. Eric Heiden: Speedskating, 1976, 1980; 11. Mark Johnson and Bob Suter: Hockey, 1980.
  • 12. Dan Jansen: Speedskating, 1984, 1988, 1992, 199413. Bonnie Blair: Speedskating, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994; 14. Mike Peplinski: Curling, 1998; 15. Ben Sheets: Baseball, 2000; 16. Karyn Bye: Hockey, 1998, 2002; 17. Casey FitzRandolph: Speedskating, 1998, 2002, 2006; 18. Chris Witty: Speedskating, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and Cycling, 2000; 19. Paul Hamm: Gymnastics, 2000, 2004; 20. Garrett Weber-Gale: Swimming, 2008; 21. Ben Provisor: Wrestling, 2012; 22. Matt Antoine: Skeleton, 2014; Team USA Medal Winners with Wisconsin Connections; Notes on Sources; Acknowledgments; Index.

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