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Amazing athletes : 40 inspiring icons / Jean-Michael Billioud ; [illustrated by Gonoh] ; [translated by Bethany Wright].

by Billioud, Jean-Michel.

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Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group, c2020.

796.0922 B598aa

Athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Olympic athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Olympics -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Sports -- History -- Juvenile literature.

40 inspiring icons.

Alternate title:

Amazing athletes : forty inspiring icons

40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

"First published in 2020 in French by Gallimard Jeunesse, France"--Colophon.

"Records smashed ... Incredible athletic feats ... Medals won ... The top 40 Olympic athletes of all time are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn how these athletic stars became the best in the world."--Amazon.

Translated from the French.

Spyridon Louis -- Charlotte Cooper -- Madge Syers -- Jim Thorp -- Paavo Nuurmi -- Mildred 'Babe' Didrickson Zaharias -- Jesse Owens -- Fanny Blankers-Koen -- Emil Zátopek -- Marjorie Gestring -- Micheline Ostermeyer -- Abebe Bikila -- Betty Cuthbert -- Wilma Rudolph -- Tommie Smith -- Mark Spitz -- Daley Thompson -- Carl Lewis -- Nadia Comăneci -- Birgit Fischer -- Steve Redgrave -- Nawal El Moutawakel -- Trischa Zorn -- Jonas Jacobsson -- Sebastian Coe -- Michael Johnson -- Maria-José Pérec -- Michael Edgson -- Isabell Werth -- Maria Mutola -- Cathy Freeman -- Valentina Vezzali -- Tony Estanguet -- Yelena Isinbayeva -- Mo Farrah -- Michael Phelps -- Usain Bolt -- Teddy Riner -- Ellie Simmonds -- Simone Biles.

Biography, Juvenile.

Gonoh (Graphic designer)

Wright, Bethany (Translator)

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