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Storybook of Kiwi sports heroes

Summary: Be inspired by this collection of true stories about 50 remarkable Kiwi sports heroes: people who have set goals, aimed high and achieved their dreams. A real mixture of well-known and lesser-known stories, this book is about a diverse range of sportspeople (and one horse!) who have achieved against expectations and the odds, and paved the way for others to succeed too. With sports ranging from tennis to triathlon, bodybuilding to basketball and freediving to football, find out how sports people including Portia Woodman, Kane Williamson, Lydia Ko, Dave Letele and Zoi Sadowski-Synott have overcome obstacles and followed their dreams

Included:
Anne Audain - Running. Anthony Wilding, Tennis. Barbara Kendall - Windsurfing. Charisma (horse) - Eventing champion. Cox family - Footballers (soccer). Danyon Loader - Swimming. Dave Letele - Boxing. Denny Hulme - Motor racing. Eliza McCartney - Pole vaulting. Erin Baker - Triathlete. Eve Rimmer - Track & field athlete. Gala Baumfield - Skateboarding & Karate. George Nepia - Rugby. Georgina / Caroline Evers-Swindell - Rowing. Hamish Carter - Triathlete. Honey Hireme-Smiler - Rugby / Rugby League. Israel Adesanya - Mixed martial arts. Ivan Mauger - Speedway rider. Sir John Kirwan - Rugby. Kane Williamson - Cricket. Dame Lisa Carrington - Canoeing. Louisa Wall - Netball / Rugby. Lydia Ko - Golf. Mark Sorenson - Softball. Mary Fisher - Swimming. Matahi Brightwell - Waka ama. Meda McKenzie - Swimming. Dame Naomi James - Sailing. Nathan Fa'avae - Adventure racing. Nick Chisholm - Bodybuilding. Olsen Filipaina - Rugby league. Sir Peter Blake - Sailing. Sir Peter Snell - Running. Portia Woodman - Rugby. Precious McKenzie - Weightlifting. Ramesh Patel - Hockey. Sir Richard Hadlee - Cricket. Sarah Walker - BMX riding. Sean Marks - Basketball. Sophie Devine - Cricket / Hockey. Stephen Donald - Rugby. Sulu Fitzpatrick - Netball. Dame Susan Devoy - Squash. Sybil Lupp - Motor racing. Dame Valerie Adams - Shotput. William Trubridge - Freediving. Wynton Rufer - Football (Soccer). Dame Yvette Williams - Track & field athlete / Basketball / Netball. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott - Snowboarder.