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If you like the Summer Olympics

The inspiration of athletes competing and succeeding draws us in every four years to experience a sporting event like no other, the Summer Olympics. Experience it yourself through the stories of athletes both past and present. List includes materials for a variety of ages.

Hennepin County Library

30 items

  • DVD, 2010Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010] — Adult DVD
  • Proud

    Living My American Dream

    Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Streaming Video, 2005Shout Factory, 2005. — Streaming Video
  • Butterfly

    From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph

    Mardini, Yusra
    Book, 2018New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018. — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Streaming Video, 2020Giant Interactive, 2020. — Streaming Video
  • Inaugural Ballers

    the True Story of the First U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team

    Maraniss, Andrew
    Book, 2022New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Streaming Video, 2021Gravitas Ventures, 2021. — Streaming Video
  • Simone Biles

    I Know This to Be True : on Family, Confidence & Persistence

    Biles, Simone, 1997-
    Book, 2020San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books LLC in association with Blackwell & Ruth, 2020. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Foxcatcher

    the True Story of My Brother's Murder, John Du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold

    Schultz, Mark, 1960-
    Book, 2014New York, New York : Dutton, [2014] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Bravey

    Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas

    Pappas, Alexi
    Book, 2021New York : The Dial Press, [2021] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Triumph

    the Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

    Schaap, Jeremy
    Book, 2007Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • DVD, 2006Universal City, CA : Universal, c2006. — Adult DVD
  • Book, 2024Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2024] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Streaming Video, 20163DD Group, 2016. — Streaming Video
  • Streaming Video, 2016Java Films, 2016. — Streaming Video
  • DVD, 2014Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2014. — Adult DVD
  • Book, 2023New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Kid Olympians. Summer

    True Tales of Childhood From Champions and Game Changers

    Stevenson, Robin, 1968-
    Book, 2024Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, [2024] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)