Overview

"Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi's career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. Trained from early childhood in a sport that demands uncompromising self-discipline and unrelenting work, her ""fight until you make it"" attitude brought her success and fame--and an insidious performance anxiety. Mental and physical burnout forced her retirement in 2015. With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi's candid memoir describes the making and eventual undoing of a champion, reveals a darker side to the ""ice princess"" image of women's figure skating and advocates a more holistic, athlete-centered model of training."

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Author:   Kiira Korpi ,  Jere Nurminen
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781476685083

ISBN 10:   1476685088
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   25 May 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface 1. Café Pushkin 2. From Cracks into Fragments 3. The Gold Tap 4. When Everything Was Still Fun 5. ­Olympic-Size Nerves 6. Everyone’s Kiira 7. Paying the Bills 8. Those Triple Jumps Hiding in Warsaw 9. Weight Watcher 10. 282 Jumps 11. Imperfect Perfectionist 12. The Big Fall 13. Friendship and Envy 14. The Man with the Strange Name 15. Police Costume 16. When Nothing Is Enough 17. Text Message 18. A New Beginning 19. Torn 20. “You are no longer good for me” 21. From Kiira to Kiira 22. Breaking into Wholeness 23. Surrender to Life Epilogue Index

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"An impressive and candidly informative sports biography.""—Midwest Book Review"

"""An impressive and candidly informative sports biography.""--Midwest Book Review"

Author Information

Kiira Korpi is the winner of several European Figure Skating Championship medals and Grand Prix events, a five-time Finnish Champion and two-time Olympian. Now a psychology student living in New York, she trains young skaters using positive coaching methods. Jere Nurminen is Director of Communications and Brand at Yle (the Finnish Broadcasting Company), where his long career as a sports journalist has focused on figure skating.

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