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Kelly Holmes made history when she brought home double gold in the 2004 Olympics, becoming a national hero. She won Sports Personality of the Year, was given a Damehood, fully backed London's successful 2012 Olympic bid and became a superstar on the red carpet as well as a much acclaimed and consulted professional in the sporting world. Now, in her staggeringly honest updated autobiography, she reveals the times she fought back tears to battle against injury and win gold, plus the emotional decision she made to retire from athletics. Including details of her unsettled childhood, trials in the army and a struggle with self harm, Kelly's amazing determination carries through to make this inspirational and powerful autobiography a tale of triumph over adversity and a model for readers of all ages and backgrounds.
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‘This book cracks along at a bracing pace ... Holmes is a real-life Cinderella’ Mail on Sunday
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‘Readers will enjoy the access into her childhood and her years in the Army’ The Times
‘This year’s must-have story of a national heroine’ Sunday Sport
For Kelly Holmes, winning double gold at the 2004 Olympics was more than just fulfilling an ambition. It was reward for a lifetime of relentless dedication to sport and for overcoming a secret battle with pain and self-doubt.
In her remarkable and frank autobiography, Kelly opens up about her experiences growing up as a mixed race child, being a woman in the Army and the extreme pressure behind the scenes of her athletics career. What emotions boil behind the strong façade? How did she cope with the immense pressures and setbacks which threatened to end her Olympic dreams, and how did it feel to realise them in the end?
Now fully updated including Kelly’s new goal to help Britain’s children get fit and to raise the standards of sports in our schools, as well as her hopes and excitement about the London Olympics in 2012, Black, White and Gold is the inspirational story of a woman who would give anything to realise her dreams.
Fanny Blake has co-written fifteen books, including Rootless with Bruce Oldfield and A Place in the Sun. She lives in London.
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- PublisherVirgin Paperbacks
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0753511908
- ISBN 13 9780753511909
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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