Gymnastics Memoir

From three-time Olympian and Olympic champion Kyle Shewfelt, this is the inside story of his pursuit of gymnastics glory, his courageous comeback from two broken legs, and how the difference makers in his life guided him along the way.

Gymnast Simone Biles won four Olympic gold medals in 2016, and she plans to compete at the Olympics again in 2021. Engaging text and critical-thinking questions will make this book a hit with young gymnastics fans.

Alexandra Orlando is an Olympic athlete who dedicated seventeen years of her life to the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, winning almost two hundred medals. Despite injury, she competed at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and retired from the sport at the age of twenty-one as one of the top ten gymnasts in the world.Her incredible story is one of struggle and strength. Through it all, her family and friends watched the sport consume her; and every person that came into her life was affected by the constant fight for perfection, and the mental and physical exhaustion

"A volte, bisogna tentare l'impossibile perché diventi possibile". Giorgia Greco, Alessia Maurelli, Marco Lodadio, Špela Dragaš e Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, Michela Castoldi e Davide Donati, Giorgia Villa, Nicoletta Tinti, Julieta Cantaluppi, Antonio Bosso, Martina Centofanti, Vanessa Ferrari, Greta Riccardi. Ci sono storie apparentemente lontane – distanti – eppure così intimamente vicine. Legate da una passione che diventa, talvolta, il motore per muovere tutte le cose, stravolgendole. Una passione che, in questo caso, si chiama ginnastica e unisce, come un sottile fil rouge.

Sara Marijuan narra cómo cumplió sus sueños en un deporte minoritario como es la gimnasia rítmica, desde que empezó con siete años como un hobbie hasta su retirada tras acabar la universidad. Su pasión por este deporte nos enseña cómo los sueños no tienen límite. Es una historia de superación y sacrificio, una lección de vida. Esta historia trata de los duros entrenamientos que le proporcionaron una cierta disciplina que, aplicada a otros aspectos de su vida, la han hecho crecer también como persona.