Making Waves: How I Won Olympic Gold And Helped Defeat The East German Doping Program
Shirley Babashoff With Chris Epting: Preface By Mark Spitz, Foreword By Donna de Varona
Language: English
Published by Santa Monica Press, Solana Beach, 2016
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Inscribed by both authors on Title page in black pen, "Vicki, Best Wishes! Shirley Babashoff" and "Vicki! Thanks- Chris Epting" Also inscribed by fellow Olympic swimmer John Naber on rear free end page in black pen, "Vicki- Go USA! John Naber 1976 SWIM" No additional printings. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; 2" crease to top corner one page else fine, as new, unread. Dust jacket ($24.95) has subtle bumping to top front flap fold end else fine, as new. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
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- Title
- Making Waves: How I Won Olympic Gold And Helped Defeat The East German Doping Program
- Author
- Shirley Babashoff With Chris Epting: Preface By Mark Spitz, Foreword By Donna de Varona
- Publisher
- Santa Monica Press, Solana Beach
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1595800875
- ISBN 13
- 9781595800879
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become “the female Mark Spitz.”
All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German women’s team. Once celebrated as America’s golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: “Surly Shirley.”
Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.
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About the Author
Chris Epting is the author of 25 travel/history books, including "James Dean Died Here, Roadside Baseball, " and "Led Zeppelin Crashed Here." He is also an award-winning travel writer and has contributed articles for such publications as the "Los Angeles Times, Westways, " and "Travel + Lesiure" magazine, and writes a weekly newspaper column for the Huntington Beach Independent. Originally from New York, Chris now lives in Huntington Beach, California with his wife and their two children.
Donna de Varona is an American Olympic swimmer who set eighteen world records and won multiple gold medals during her career. In 1964, the Associated Press and United Press International voted de Varona the Most Outstanding Woman Athlete in the World. After retiring from swimming, de Varona became a sports broadcaster. At the age of 17, she appeared on ABC s Wide World of Sports, becoming the youngest and one of the first women sportscasters for a national network. Her groundbreaking career has earned her an Emmy, two Gracies, and the opportunity to cover seventeen winter and summer Olympic games. She was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1969.
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