Physical Description:40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.print
Publisher:Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group, c2020.
General Note: Translated from the French."Records smashed ... Incredible athletic feats ... Medals won ... The top 40 Olympic athletes of all time are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn how these athletic stars became the best in the world."--Amazon."First published in 2020 in French by Gallimard Jeunesse, France"--Colophon.
Formatted Contents Note: Spyridon Louis -- Charlotte Cooper -- Madge Syers -- Jim Thorp -- Paavo Nuurmi -- Mildred 'Babe' Didrickson Zaharias -- Jesse Owens -- Fanny Blankers-Koen -- Emil Zátopek -- Marjorie Gestring -- Micheline Ostermeyer -- Abebe Bikila -- Betty Cuthbert -- Wilma Rudolph -- Tommie Smith -- Mark Spitz -- Daley Thompson -- Carl Lewis -- Nadia Comăneci -- Birgit Fischer -- Steve Redgrave -- Nawal El Moutawakel -- Trischa Zorn -- Jonas Jacobsson -- Sebastian Coe -- Michael Johnson -- Maria-José Pérec -- Michael Edgson -- Isabell Werth -- Maria Mutola -- Cathy Freeman -- Valentina Vezzali -- Tony Estanguet -- Yelena Isinbayeva -- Mo Farrah -- Michael Phelps -- Usain Bolt -- Teddy Riner -- Ellie Simmonds -- Simone Biles.