Kiira Korpi

Surviving the Ruthless World of Championship Figure Skating

Kiira Korpi, Jere Nurminen (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8508-3 (ISBN)

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Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi’s career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi’s candid memoir describes the making and eventual undoing of a champion, and reveals a darker side to the ‘ice princess’ image of women’s figure skating.

Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi's career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. Trained from early childhood in a sport that demands uncompromising self-discipline and unrelenting work, her "fight until you make it" attitude brought her success and fame--and an insidious performance anxiety. Mental and physical burnout forced her retirement in 2015.

With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi's candid memoir describes the making and eventual undoing of a champion, reveals a darker side to the "ice princess" image of women's figure skating and advocates a more holistic, athlete-centered model of training.

Kiira Korpi is the winner of several European Figure Skating Championship medals and Grand Prix events, a five-time Finnish Champion and two-time Olympian. Now a psychology student living in New York, she trains young skaters using positive coaching methods. Jere Nurminen is Director of Communications and Brand at Yle (the Finnish Broadcasting Company), where his long career as a sports journalist has focused on figure skating.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Café Pushkin

2. From Cracks into Fragments

3. The Gold Tap

4. When Everything Was Still Fun

5. Olympic-Size Nerves

6. Everyone’s Kiira

7. Paying the Bills

8. Those Triple Jumps Hiding in Warsaw

9. Weight Watcher

10. 282 Jumps

11. Imperfect Perfectionist

12. The Big Fall

13. Friendship and Envy

14. The Man with the Strange Name

15. Police Costume

16. When Nothing Is Enough

17. Text Message

18. A New Beginning

19. Torn

20. “You are no longer good for me”

21. From Kiira to Kiira

22. Breaking into Wholeness

23. Surrender to Life

Epilogue

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	25 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
ISBN-10	1-4766-8508-8 / 1476685088
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8508-3 / 9781476685083
Zustand	Neuware