Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold

By Elizabeth Jorgensen and Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

Book Overview

Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, Go: A Midwest Family's Journey to Olympic Gold is an inspiring story about Olympian Gwen Jorgensen and her family. This memoir introduces readers to a young woman of modest athletic achievements who uses desire and discipline to attain the ultimate in sport--the Olympic gold. Readers will enter the secret world of Olympic training, professional coaching, international travel, sponsor funding, anti-doping requirements, athlete nutrition, and sports physiotherapy. This book will take them inside the personal life of a professional athlete, complete with family crises and holiday celebrations. In this inspiring story, Gwen Jorgensen and her family grow together, from average to Olympian.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782551913
• ISBN13: 9781782551911
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Media
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"