KLIM
$32.79
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2024
Summary
KLIM: From Olympic Glory to Personal Tides
As one of Australia’s most celebrated athletes, Michael Klim’s impact extends far beyond the pool.
Klim’s journey to greatness began behind the Iron Curtain, in communist-era Poland. His family made a bid for freedom in the 1980s and immigrated to Australia, where swimming became his passport into a new culture and eventually led him to become one of his adopted country’s great sporting heroes.
His crowning …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733651618 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733651615 |
| Author: | Michael Klim, Luke Ryan |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 399mm x 157mm |
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About The Author
Michael Klim
Michael Klim is a renowned Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist and successful entrepreneur. His illustrious career in the pool spanned seventeen years. He competed in three Olympic Games and won six medals, including two gold. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, he was instrumental in Australia’s thrilling 4 x 100m men’s relay victory, unleashing a world record lead off swim. He has won 11 Commonwealth Games medals and 26 World Championship medals, and has held 20 aquatic world records. In 1997, he was named Australian Swimmer of the Year and Swimming World Male Swimmer of the Year and in 2022, Michael was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Since 2020, Michael has lived with a rare autoimmune disorder, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). He has established the Klim Foundation to provide support to sufferers and champion the search for new treatments. Michael lives in Bali with his partner Michelle Owens and three children, Stella, Rocco and Frankie.
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