Alma Richards - Larry R. Gerlach

Alma Richards

Olympian
Buch | Hardcover
308 Seiten
2016
University of Utah Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-60781-491-7 (ISBN)
47,30 inkl. MwSt
Alma Richards, as an unsung high school student, surprisingly set an Olympic record for the high jump in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He was the only native Utahn and member of the LDS church to win an Olympic gold medal in the twentieth century. After a stellar collegiate track career that saw him lead Cornell to three national championships, Richards for two decades reigned as America’s most accomplished multiple-event track and field athlete, winning national titles in five different events. Despite his prominence in the history of American sports, this is the first treatment of his athletic career and personal life.

More than a century has passed since Alma Richards won an Olympic gold medal, yet this story about man and sport—the drive to excel, victory as validation of hard work, the quest for public recognition and, ultimately, the achievement of self-identity and self-satisfaction—still resonates today.

Larry Gerlach is professor emeritus of history at the University of Utah, USA. His numerous books and articles include Blazing Crosses in Zion: The Ku Klux Klan in Utah and The Men in Blue: Conversations With Umpires.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 28 illustrations
Verlagsort Salt Lake City
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 570 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-60781-491-9 / 1607814919
ISBN-13 978-1-60781-491-7 / 9781607814917
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