Steven Holcomb, Steve Eubanks

Broschiertes Buch

But Now I See

My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold

Beschreibung

The life and athletic career of Steven Holcomb, an Olympic bobsledder who hid his encroaching blindness from his coach, sled mates, and the public until he finally told his coach, who led him to a revolutionary treatment that restored his eyesight to 20/20.

Autor

Steven Holcomb was an American bobsled driver who won the Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the first gold medal in four-man bobsledding for the United States since 1948. He also won the 2009 World Championship in Lake Placid, N.Y., the first American to achieve that feat since 1959. A veteran of the Utah Army National Guard, Holcomb was the only Olympic athlete for whom a medical procedure is named: the Holcomb C3-R procedure for keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease that can lead to total blindness. Holcomb was cured of keratoconus from the procedure and went on to become America's most decorated bobsledder. Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, "America's TV Eye Doctor," who treated Steven's condition, has dedicated his book Perceptual Intelligence to Steven's memory. Steve Eubanks is a bestselling author and sports writer who has collaborated with such noteworthy athletes as golf great Arnold Palmer, NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon, hall of fame football coach Lou Holtz, Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger, and nine-time world champion rodeo cowboy Ty Murray.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Benbella Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 136mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781939529855
• ISBN-10: 1939529859
• Artikelnr.: 39162159