The History Makers: How Team Gb Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey - Couverture rigide

Juggins, Sarah; Stainthorpe, Richard

 
9781785313301: The History Makers: How Team Gb Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey
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ISBN 10 : 1785313304 ISBN 13 : 9781785313301
Editeur : Pitch Publishing Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

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When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. It was no easy journey, but a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, triumphs and disasters - with casualties along the way. The History Makers is more than an account of a famous victory. It is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Stainthorpe works for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as a writer, editor and media operations coordinator. He has covered many international events, including three Olympic Games. Sarah Juggins is a freelance writer, working for FIH, The Hockey Paper, the Pan American Hockey Federation and Planet Hockey magazine. She ran the hockey Olympic News Service in London 2012.

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Éditeur
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785313304
ISBN 13 
9781785313301
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
208
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Personne responsable
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