Raelene. Sometimes Beaten, Never Conquered The Raelene Boyle Story

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: First Edition

Description: 325 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. In 1968, At The Age Of Seventeen, A Young Blonde Schoolgirl From Melbourne Qualified As The Second Fastest 200 Metres Athlete In The World When She Gained Silver At The Mexico Olympics.This Was The Start Of Raelene Boyle's Fourteen Years International Athlete Career.

Publishers Description: The candid memoir from one of Australias greatest track and field athletes who brought audiences to their feet for more than 14 years of international competition. Raelene, whose refusal to use drugs in the 1970s cost her several Olympic gold medals as she ran against athletes later found to be drug cheats, details her battles to beat breast and ovarian cancer, as well as her ongoing fight to overcome severe depression.

ISBN: 9780732275297