Golden Lily (eBook)

Asia's First Dinghy Sailing Gold Medallist

Lijia Xu (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
208 Seiten
Fernhurst Books Limited (Verlag)
978-1-909911-79-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The fascinating autobiography from Asia's first ever dinghy sailing gold medallist. Learning to sail and becoming a full-time athlete at just 10 years old, Lijia Xu was taken away from her parents and enrolled on the gruelling Chinese training regime, a programme meticulously prescribed across all sporting disciplines to catapult the nation's talented youngsters to international champions. A rare insight into a shocking world of relentless physical training and unquestioning mental compliance, Lijia's honest and heart-felt account takes you on her journey from physical disabilities and debilitating injuries to learning to think for herself, eventually going on to achieve her dream of becoming an Olympic gold medallist. This is an inspirational story of a young woman's will to succeed despite all that her background threw at her.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Making Waves
• Reihe/Serie: Making Waves
• Reihe/Serie: Making Waves
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• Schlagworte: asian sailing • Ben Ainslie • chinese sailing team • Jon Emmett • Laser • Laser Radial • Laser world champion • London 2012 • Olympics • optimist world champion • Rio 2016 • woman sailor • world sailor of the year
• ISBN-10: 1-909911-79-8 / 1909911798
• ISBN-13: 978-1-909911-79-6 / 9781909911796