Paying the Price
- ISBN-10
- 1903056799
- ISBN-13
- 9781903056790
- Series
- Paying the Price
- Category
- Athletes with disabilities
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-10-30
- Author
- Stephanie Millward
Description
Stephanie Millward was on the verge of the British able-bodied swimming squad before being diagnosed with MS when she was only 17. She returned to competitive swimming 10 years later in the GB Paralympic squad at the Beijing Olympics, before going on to win four Olympic silvers and one bronze at the London 2012 Games. She is also a multiple IPC World and European champion. This book is an honest account of the struggles and dark times of her illness, and yet is inspirational in her subsequent battle to go on and achieve so many of her goals regardless.
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- 2017-07-24
- 381 pages
- Paperback
- University of Chicago Press
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