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Title: Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0810868598
EAN: 9780810868595
ISBN: 9780810868595
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 22/04/2011
Description: Figure skating is the most popular televised sport at the Olympic Winter Games and is the oldest of the winter sports, having first been contested at the Games of the fourth Olympiad in London in 1908. No other sport creates such a perfect balance between athleticism and artistry, and the athletes—many of them household names like Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Evan Lysacek, Katarina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi—spend years in training to make it look effortless. The Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating relates the history of the sport through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, appendixes, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on hundreds of skaters, past and present, but also on skating countries, governing bodies, skating disciplines, technical elements, skating styles, and many other subjects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of figure skating.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 239mm
Item Length: 164mm
Item Width: 35mm
Item Weight: 776g
Author: James R. Hines
Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Topic: Language & Reference, History
Book Series: Historical Dictionaries of Sports
Release Year: 2011

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