The Matchless Six: The Story of Canada's First Women's Olympic

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The Matchless Six: The Story of Canada's First Women's Olympic Team

It is July 1928, and Canadaâ€™s first womenâ€™s Olympic team â€” â€œThe Matchless Sixâ€ â€” is heading to Amsterdam, the site of the ninth Olympiad of the modern era. Canadaâ€™s finest female track-and-field athletes, having survived rigorous training and the grueling selection process at the Olympic Trials, were determined to take their big talent and big dreams to the top. Meet Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Ethel Smith, the â€œFlying Fourâ€ who comprised Canadaâ€™s first relay team; Ethel Catherwood, the â€œSaskatoon Lily,â€ who became the champion high-jumper and the most photographed female athlete at the Olympic Games; and Jean Thompson, the youngest member of the team at seventeen, who became one of the worldâ€™s most outstanding middle-distance runners. It was an impressive achievement:

â€œA team of six from Canada, a country of less than ten million, competed against 121 athletes from 21 countries, whose total population was 300 million.â€ Impressive indeed.

For many years, historian Ron Hotchkiss has been fascinated by â€œThe Matchless Six,â€ the conquering heroines who took Amsterdam by storm. His extensive research has led to this riveting account, full of black-and-white archival photographs, of the events leading up to and following that fateful summer in the history of Canadian sport.
Country USA
Brand Tundra Books
Manufacturer Tundra Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified, Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-02-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780887767388

Country	USA
Brand	Tundra Books
Manufacturer	Tundra Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified, Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2006-02-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780887767388

The Matchless Six: The Story of Canada's First Women's Olympic Team

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