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The Long Program : Skating Toward Life's Victories

Name: The Long Program : Skating Toward Life's Victories
Author: Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky
ISBN: 9780671038878

by Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky

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Overview

In all of her roles -- athlete, wife, mother, role model, and cancer survivor -- Olympic gold medalist Peggy Fleming has relied upon the discipline she cultivated as a young skater. Now in this intimate memoir, she eloquently reveals her fascinating life story and shares her secrets to serenity and success.

About the Author, Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky

Peggy Fleming has won five U.S. figure skating titles, three world titles, and an Olympic gold medal. In 1994, Sports Illustrated named her one of their "40 for the Ages — 40 individuals who have most significantly altered or elevated the world of sports in the last 40 years." She was the only figure skater and one of four women chosen. She continues to work as an on-air analyst for ABC Sports and has become a national spokesperson for breast cancer awareness. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and two sons.

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1968 was the first year the Olympic Winter Games were televised live and in color, and a teenaged skater named Peggy Fleming took full advantage of the spotlight in capturing the United States's only gold medal of those games and the collective heart of the nation at the same time. Now, in The Long Program, Fleming looks back at her life as an athlete, mother, cancer survivor, and role model.

From the Publisher

Grand Rapids Press (MI) A fun trip down memory lane.

Library Journal

Fleming's career was the beginning of the modern era in figure skating: as the 1968 Olympic champion, she was the first in a string of American ice princesses to capture the public's attention. Television coverage brought her wide public recognition not only as a skater but also, later (with Dick Button), as a television commentator for the major skating competitions. Now at 50, she reflects on both her accomplishments as a skater and on her recent bout with breast cancer. She dutifully recounts the events of her life, but although some amusing episodes are sprinkled here and there, this is basically a flat story without detail or depth. Gliding across the surface, this book lacks the emotion and drama that must certainly have been central to such a dedicated and successful life in the limelight. Still, until a better biography appears, this is recommended for larger public libraries. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/99.]--Bonnie Collier, Yale Law Lib., New Haven, CT Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.