Olympic Memoir

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    • My Swimming Life
    • By: Katie Ledecky
    • Narrated by: Katie Ledecky
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 159 ratings
    • Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swimmers ever to compete Katie Ledecky shares a candid and inspiring memoir.

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    • By: David Maraniss
    • Narrated by: David Maraniss
    • Length: 23 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 332 ratings
    • A biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete that “goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe’s life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty” (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered....

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    • Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
    • By: Alexi Pappas, Maya Rudolph - foreword
    • Narrated by: Alexi Pappas, Maya Rudolph - foreword
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 982 ratings
    • The Olympic runner, actress, filmmaker and writer Alexi Pappas shares what she’s learned about confidence, self-reliance, mental health, embracing pain, and achieving your dreams....

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    • What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
    • By: Meb Keflezighi, Scott Douglas
    • Narrated by: Holter Graham
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 979 ratings
    • 26 Marathons offers the wisdom Meb Keflezighi has gleaned about life, family, identity, and faith in addition to tips about running, training, and nutrition. He shows runners of all levels how to apply the lessons he's learned to their own running and lives....

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    • By: Apolo Ohno
    • Narrated by: Apolo Ohno
    • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • Zero regrets. Its a philosophy not just about sport but about life....

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    • A Memoir of Courage and Triumph
    • By: Oksana Masters, Cassidy Randall - contributor
    • Narrated by: Emily Tremaine, Oksana Masters
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • Oksana Masters was born in Ukraine—in the shadow of Chernobyl—seemingly with the odds stacked against her. She came into the world with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep, and no thumbs.

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Anita L. DeFrantz, Josh Young
    • Narrated by: Anita L. DeFrantz
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Growing up in a family active in promoting civil rights, Anita L. DeFrantz knew the importance of letting her voice be heard as an African American and as a woman....

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    • The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
    • By: Wayne Coffey
    • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 324 ratings
    • They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century....

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    • A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX
    • By: Ginny Gilder
    • Narrated by: Janis Ian
    • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 06-20-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Course Correction recounts the physical and psychological barriers Ginny Gilder overcame as she transformed into an elite athlete who reached the highest echelon of her sport....

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    • My Story
    • By: Michael Phelps, Brian Cazeneuve
    • Narrated by: Marc Cashman
    • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
    • Just in time for the 2012 Olympics - prepare to peek into the mind of a champion with this newly updated edition of Michael Phelps’ autobiography, Beneath the Surface....

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    • The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
    • By: Jeremy Schaap
    • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 184 ratings
    • In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals....

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    • My Story
    • By: Lindsey Vonn
    • Narrated by: Andi Arndt
    • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 184 ratings
    • The first ever memoir from the most decorated female skier of all time, revealing never-before-told stories of her life in the fast lane, her struggle with depression, and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers on and off the slopes....

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    • By: Ruby Tui
    • Narrated by: Ruby Tui
    • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood, searching for a better option in life, to Olympic champion and the world's best rugby sevens player.

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    • Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr
    • By: Duncan Hamilton
    • Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
    • Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 381 ratings
    • The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWII....

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    • Building a World-Class Team
    • By: Mike Krzyzewski
    • Narrated by: Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Release date: 04-06-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 129 ratings
    • Half an audiobook on basketball, half an audiobook on management techniques, The Gold Standard captures Coach K's personal style and approach to getting different (and sometimes difficult) people to work hard and succeed in reaching a common goal....

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    • From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
    • By: Amy Purdy, Michelle Burford
    • Narrated by: Amy Purdy, Jorjeana Marie
    • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder....

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    • The Best There Never Was
    • By: Daniel Friebe
    • Narrated by: Mark Meadows
    • Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most naturally talented cyclist of his generation, and also one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France....

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    • A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
    • By: Simone Biles
    • Narrated by: Imani Parks
    • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 313 ratings
    • In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance against tremendous odds made her one of the top athletes and record-breaking gymnasts....

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    • My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner
    • By: CeCé Telfer
    • Narrated by: CeCé Telfer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • By turns harrowing and hopeful, Make It Count is the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following her traditional upbringing in Jamaica, her fight to become a US citizen, and her efforts to achieve her Olympic dreams.

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    • Running from Fear to Faith
    • By: Sydney McLaughlin
    • Narrated by: Sydney McLaughlin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 224 ratings
    • What fears are standing in your way or holding you back? How do you want to become stronger? Olympic and World champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin wants to help you answer these questions as she shares her personal story of struggles and victories, of faith and transformation....

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