A Lifetime in a Race - Hardcover

Pinsent, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091901499 ISBN 13: 9780091901493

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2004

Synopsis

With his last-gasp victory as part of the Great British coxless four team at the Athens Olympics, Matthew Pinsent clinched his an historic fourth Olympic Gold to add to the three already won with his legendary rowing partner Steve Redgrave. In a uniquely exciting and evocative autobiography Pinsent interweaves the build-up to Athens 2004 with the extraordinary story of his career and unforgettable partnership with Redgrave. Plucked from obscurity at the age of 20, told to partner his hero, and trained to within an inch of his life, Pinsent's story is uniquely revealing about what it takes to be a champion and the mixed blessings of success. Culminating with a nail-biting final chapter detailing the team's extraordinary victory in Athens in blow-by-blow detail, A Lifetime in a Race is a sports book in a different mould.

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Review:

"Indeed impressive...It is also a very honest book...revealing in the realities of training, competing and racing...Extremely enjoyable." -- Daily Telegraph

"Pinsent is a person of many talents. One of them is writing an autobiography." -- The Times

"Well-written, informative, engaging, revealing...the insights Pinsent brings to his sport are worth the price alone." -- Sunday Times

An unforgettable display of raw emotion, passion and team spirit...an epic race -- Sunday Telegraph

From the Publisher:

A gripping sports autobiography from one of Britain’s greatest Olympians – including an account of Pinsent’s dramatic and emotional Gold Medal winning final in Athens

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0091901499
• ISBN 13: 9780091901493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336