Slaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats

Michael Johnson

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Language: English

Published by ReganBooks, New York, 1996

0060392185 / 9780060392185

Series: Book 1 of 1 - Slaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats

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BB2 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Michael Johnson and inscribed to previous owner on the opposite side of the front free endpaper very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 232 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Michael Johnson (Michael Duane Johnson) is an American sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m. Johnson is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field. Johnson is the only male athlete to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters events at the same Olympics, a feat he accomplished at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Johnson is also the only man to successfully defend his Olympic title in the 400 m, having done so at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Aside from his Olympic success, Johnson accumulated eight gold medals at the World Championships and is tied with Carl Lewis for the fourth most gold medals won by a runner. Johnson's distinctive stiff upright running position and very short steps defied the conventional wisdom that a high knee lift was necessary for maximum speed. As of July 2024, Johnson holds three of the top 100 times for the 200 meters (having broken 20 seconds 23 times) and 22 of the top 100 times for the 400 meters. Of those, he holds nine of the top 25 times for the 400 meters. He broke 44 seconds for the 400 meters 22 times, more than twice as many times as any other athlete. Johnson held the US national records for the 200, 300, and 400 meters. The 4 × 400 meters relay world record was anchored by Johnson. Since 2001, Johnson has worked for the BBC, appearing as a pundit at multiple events. He has been a part of the BBC's Olympics athletics coverage since Athens 2004. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

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Title
Slaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats
Author
Michael Johnson
Publisher
ReganBooks, New York
Publication year
1996
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Signed
Signed by Author
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0060392185
ISBN 13
9780060392185
Edition
First Edition.
Series
Book 1 of 1: Slaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats
Seller catalogs
Biography::Autobiography, Biography::Signed Autobiography, Biography::Sports Figures

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