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Andrea Joyce

Legends of Women's Gymnastics

Andrea Joyce

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English
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
08 April 2024
People & places (Children's&YA); Athletics & gymnastics (Children's&YA)
Series: Abbeville Sports
Get ready for the Olympics with this action-packed book on the greatest women gymnasts of all time.

Legends of Women's Gymnastics profiles twenty-eight champions-from the Eastern Bloc gymnasts, like Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci, who brought a new athleticism to the sport; to Shannon Miller and her Magnificent Seven teammates, who dominated the 1996 Olympics; to today's stars, like Simone Biles and Suni Lee, who are bringing gymnastics to new heights. Illustrated with dynamic color photos, this book will be sure to wow passionate fans and aspiring gymnasts alike.

AGES: 9 to 12

AUTHOR: .

Introduces a new sport to Abbeville Kids' growing lineup of sports titles (more than 250,000 in print!) .

Written by veteran NBC Sports reporter Andrea Joyce, who will be doing live coverage at the 2024 Olympics. .

Joyce has written extensively on gymnastics and has interviewed many of the players included in this book. .

Brief biographies of twenty-eight stars of women's gymnastics past and present, from Olga Korbut to Simone Biles .

Illustrated with full-page color photos .

Published to coincide with the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (July 26-August 11)
By:  
Imprint:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 279mm,  Width: 213mm, 
Weight:   517g
ISBN:   9780789214843
ISBN 10:   0789214849
Series:   Abbeville Sports
Pages:   64
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Simona Amânar 6 Rebecca Andrade 8 Simone Biles 10 Věra Čáslavská 10 Fei Chung 14 Oksana Chusovitnina 16 Nadia Comăneci 18 Dominque Dawes 20 Gabby Douglas 22 Shawn Johnson 24 Ágnes Keleti 26 Svetlana Khorkina 28 Nellie Kim 30 Olga Korbut 32 Larisa Latynina 34 Suni Lee 36 Nastia Liukin 38 Shannon Miller 40 Aliya Mustafina 42 Carly Patterson 44 Lilia Podkapayeva 46 Cătălina Ponor 48 Andreea Răducan 50 Aly Raismann 52 Mary Lou Retton 54 Cathy Rigby 56 Kerri Strug 58 Kim Zmeskal 60

Andrea Joyce is a sportscaster and commentator known for her figure skating and gymnastics reporting for NBC Sports. Joyce joined NBC Sports in 2000 and has covered fifteen Olympic Games over the course of her career.

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