Running Sideways
The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History
Zusammenfassung
Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023
Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022
A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history.
When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn’t with any thought of future Olympic glory. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family’s buckets every day to fetch fresh water—running sideways, sprinting barefoot from bullies, to get the buckets of water home without spilling. But when a seasoned track coach saw Pauline sprinting, he saw the heart of a champion.
In Running Sideways, Pauline Davis shares her inspiring story. Born and raised in the ghetto, Pauline fought through poverty, inequality, racism, and political machinations from her own country to beat the odds and become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the first individual gold medalist in sprinting from the Caribbean, the first Black woman on the World Athletics council, and a central figure in the Russian anti-doping campaign. A casualty herself of the doping plague that hit track and field—she wouldn’t be awarded her individual gold medal until Marion Jones was infamously stripped of her medals for doping—Pauline dedicated her years on the World Athletics council to clean sport and fair play.
Running Sideways is a book about determination, faith, focus, and an incredible will to succeed. It’s about a trailblazer in women’s sports, not just in The Bahamas, not just in track and field, but on the global stage.
Schlagworte
Black History Women's History Double gold medalists Caribbean Olympics Caribbean sprinters women in sports women in trackKeywords
women's studies- 41–62 3 THE GOLDEN GIRL 41–62
- 63–82 4 COMING OF AGE 63–82
- 83–104 5 THE CRIMSON TIDE 83–104
- 105–132 6 PEAKS AND VALLEYS 105–132
- 133–158 7 FALL FROM GRACE 133–158
- 159–184 8 REDEMPTION 159–184
- 185–212 9 THE PACT 185–212
- 213–240 10 FACING GOLIATH 213–240
- 265–282 12 TRUTH TO POWER 265–282
- 283–288 AFTERWORD 283–288
- 289–296 BIBLIOGRAPHY 289–296
- 297–302 INDEX 297–302
- 303–304 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 303–304