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Victory in the Pool - How a Maverick Coach Upended Society and Led a Group of Young Swimmers to Olympic Glory (Hardcover)
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Victory in the Pool - How a Maverick Coach Upended Society and Led a Group of Young Swimmers to Olympic Glory (Hardcover)
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The ultimate underdog story of a swim coach who could not swim, a
swim club that accepted minorities when others would not, and a
group of young swimmers who became Olympic champions. Before the
United States was the swimming power it is today, a novice coach
named Sherm Chavoor formed a swim club that accepted all
swimmers—no matter their religion, race, or social status—and
started a dynasty. Following Chavoor’s intense and unorthodox
coaching methods, his young swimmers quickly began dominating
competitions across northern California—and then the world. In
Victory in the Pool: How a Maverick Coach Upended Society and Led a
Group of Young Swimmers to Olympic Glory, Bill George tells the
inspiring story of Sherm Chavoor and his dedicated athletes who
rose from obscurity to win twenty Olympic gold medals during the
1960s and ‘70s. They triumphed in two of the most tumultuous and
dangerous Olympic Games ever held, the 1968 Mexico City Games and
the 1972 Munich Games marred by the terrorist attack that killed
eleven Israeli athletes. Mark Spitz and Debbie Meyer were the two
most prominent members of the team, but they were challenged every
step of the way by teammates and fellow Olympians Sue Pedersen,
Mike Burton, John Ferris, Jeff Float, and more. Featuring exclusive
interviews with the athletes and with Sherm Chavoor before he
passed away, Victory in the Pool delivers an inside look at this
unparalleled time in Olympic history. But more than that, it is the
story of young people overcoming incredible odds—often in the
face of insults and bigotry and under the intense glare of the
spotlight—and coming out triumphant.
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