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"When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother committed suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an Olympian. Despite setbacks and hardships, Pappas held fast...
22) Diana Taurasi
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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"Cuando Diana Taurasi era una niña, el baloncesto femenino profesional no existía en los EE. UU. Diana sabía que tenía talento y trabajó duro para crear oportunidades para ella y otras atletas femeninas. Ganó campeonatos en la escuela secundaria y la universidad antes de convertirse en profesional con la Phoenix Mercury de la WNBA y ganando cinco medallas de oro olímpicas, inspirando a muchas chicas a seguir sus pasos atléticos". --Página...
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years before women's soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the '76 US women's basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women's sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska, at the time of the '76...
24) Simone Biles
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"Well before Simone confronted the pressure of the Olympics, she faced real-life challenges as a kid while moving in and out of foster care. With the support and love of her family, she rode an unwavering drive to make history and grew into an incredible role model and activist--not to mention one of the greatest athletes of our time." -- inside front jacket flap.
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Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Description
"Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science. A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes--from well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, to lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball...
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Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered...
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Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Aly Raisman started gymnastics when she was just 2 years old. In 2011, she helped the U.S. gymnastics team win the World Championships. The next year she participated in her first Olympic Games in London. Discover more about Raisman's highlights in gymnastics in this exciting biography in the Stars of Sports series."-- provided by publisher.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A memoir from World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky"--
"WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? "I never imagined I would make it to the Olympics, or be at this level, or write a book about this unlikely career that I've had. But I've really enjoyed the ride, this journey." Katie Ledecky is one of the best swimmers ever to compete. She has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. A three-time Olympian, a seven-time gold...
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