Bibliograph

The matchless six, the story of Canada's first women's Olympic team, Ron Hotchkiss

Type

Label

The matchless six, the story of Canada's first women's Olympic team, Ron Hotchkiss

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The matchless six

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

795202022

Responsibility statement

Ron Hotchkiss

Sub title

the story of Canada's first women's Olympic team

Summary

It is July 1928, and Canada's first women's Olympic team --"The Matchless Six" -- is heading to Amsterdam, the site of the ninth Olympiad of the modern era. Canada's finest female track-and-field athletes, having survived rigorous training and the grueling selection process at the Olympic Trials, were determined to take their big talent and big dreams to the top. Meet Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Ethel Smith, the "Flying Four" who comprised Canada's first relay team; Ethel Catherwood, the "Saskatoon Lily," who became the champion high-jumper and the most photographed female athlete at the Olympic Games; and Jean Thompson, the youngest member of the team at seventeen, who became one of the world's most outstanding middle-distance runners

Target audience

juvenile

Classification