Kiira Korpi

Surviving the Ruthless World of Championship Figure Skating

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi's career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. Trained from early childhood in a sport that demands uncompromising self-discipline and unrelenting work, her "fight until you make it" attitude brought her success and fame--and an insidious performance anxiety. Mental and physical burnout forced her retirement in 2015.With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi's candid memoir describes the making and eventual undoing of a champion, reveals a darker side to the "ice princess" image of women's figure skating and advocates a more holistic, athlete-centered model of training.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-05-25
Mått152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476685083

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Kiira Korpi is the winner of several European Figure Skating Championship medals and Grand Prix events, a five-time Finnish Champion and two-time Olympian. Now a psychology student living in New York, she trains young skaters using positive coaching methods. Jere Nurminen is Director of Communications and Brand at Yle (the Finnish Broadcasting Company), where his long career as a sports journalist has focused on figure skating.

Table of ContentsPreface1. Café Pushkin2. From Cracks into Fragments3. The Gold Tap4. When Everything Was Still Fun5. Olympic-Size Nerves6. Everyone’s Kiira7. Paying the Bills8. Those Triple Jumps Hiding in Warsaw9. Weight Watcher10. 282 Jumps11. Imperfect Perfectionist12. The Big Fall13. Friendship and Envy14. The Man with the Strange Name15. Police Costume16. When Nothing Is Enough17. Text Message18. A New Beginning19. Torn20. “You are no longer good for me”21. From Kiira to Kiira22. Breaking into Wholeness23. Surrender to LifeEpilogueIndex