Going for Wisconsin gold : stories of our state olympians / Jessie Garcia.

By:

Garcia, Jessie, 1970- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780870207662
0870207660

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Going for Wisconsin goldDDC classification:

796.4809775 23

LOC classification:

GV697.A1

Other classification:

HIS036090 | SPO058000

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Contents:

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.

Summary: "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 is in the Olympics. Featuring the athletes' personal insights (many of them are telling their stories in complete detail for the first time) and filled with pictures from their personal collections, the book provides readers with a new and deeper understanding of the sacrifices, joy, pain, heartbreak, and absolute dedication it takes to reach the world's grandest sporting competition"-- Provided by publisher.

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"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 is in the Olympics. Featuring the athletes' personal insights (many of them are telling their stories in complete detail for the first time) and filled with pictures from their personal collections, the book provides readers with a new and deeper understanding of the sacrifices, joy, pain, heartbreak, and absolute dedication it takes to reach the world's grandest sporting competition"-- Provided by publisher.