Subtitle from cover.

Includes index.

A motivational autobiography by Olympic Greco-Roman champion wrestler Rulon Gardner (Gold Medal, 2000; Bronze Medal, 2004). This athlete achieved arguably the greatest upset in individual sports history when he defeated the Russian Alexander Karelin--three-time Olympic champ, undefeated and unscored upon for a decade before his match with Gardner--in the 2000 Gold Medal match. Gardner tells of his impoverished upbringing as one of nine children in a close-knit Mormon family on a farm in Wyoming, where in performing unceasing chores he developed tremendous strength at an early age. Gardner writes about his struggles in school, challenged by learning disabilities. Also, after winning his Gold Medal, he survived a snowmobile accident that marooned him outdoors for eighteen hours in high country. Gardner went on to defend his Gold Medal at Athens in 2004--yet another comeback from this athlete who was supposed to simply fade away.--From publisher description.

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