Olympic GOATs: The Greatest Athletes of All Time

by Bruce Berglund

Overview

How do you pick Olympic GOATs? Is it gymnast Simone Biles or swimmer Michael Phelps? Or maybe it’s the entire 1992 basketball team. With so many sports, how do you choose? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches. Read more about some of the legends of the Olympic Games and see if you agree that they’re the greatest of all time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666321692
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2022
Series:	Sports Illustrated Kids: GOATs
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.81(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.19(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Bruce Berglund is a writer and historian. For 19 years, he taught history at Calvin College and the University of Kansas. His courses included the history of China, Russia, women in Europe, sports, and war in modern society. He has earned three Fulbright awards and traveled to 17 countries for research and teaching. His most recent book is The Fastest Game in the World, a history of world hockey published by the University of California Press. Bruce works as a writer at Gustavus Adolphus College, and he teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. His four children grew up reading books from Capstone Press, especially the graphic novel versions of classic literature. Bruce grew up in Duluth and now lives in southern Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Olympic Heroes 4

Simone Biles 6

Eric Heiden 8

Usain Bolt 10

Lauryn Williams 12

Greg Louganis 14

Shaun White 16

The Dream Team 18

Yuna Kim 20

Jesse Owens 22

Miracle on Ice 24

Wilma Rudolph 26

Michael Phelps 28

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

About the Author 32

Interviews

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