Raelene. Sometimes Beaten, Never Conquered The Raelene Boyle Story

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

Description: 325 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new 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: With the same capacity for honesty and bluntness that caused her endless disputes with officialdom, Raelene reveals her disillusionment with the Olympic movement and tells how a shy working-class girl managed to turn her insecurities and a series of devastating setbacks into a tale of triumph.

ISBN: 9780732275297