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This unique ‘centennial celebration’ book truly represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to obtain the original signatures of New Zealand’s Olympic medallists going back six decades.
This small country (4 million population) of New Zealand has won 116 medals through Olympic history. Ninety-nine of them remain alive today and this book contains the original signatures of 97 of them.
'Never before … and never again' is an accurate description of the feat. Such a mammoth task has never been attempted before, and the ages of some of the medallists are so well advanced it is unlikely to be replicated.
These signatures have been painstakingly collected from medallists now scattered to many continents of the world.
Look for the signatures and the legendary tales of Peter Snell, John Walker and Murray Halberg.
And those of Russell Coutts, David Tua and Mark Todd – and of course, the most successful New Zealand Olympians of all, Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald.
Plus the moderns, such as the Evers-Swindell sisters and Hamish Carter. Just to name a few …
'Olympic Legends’ also contains the stories of how all 116 medals were won through history and what each of the medallists has done or did with their lives subsequently.
Olympic Legends is beautifully illustrated, beginning with historic photos from the first success almost a century ago and moving through to the brilliant full-colour photography of today.
This certified numbered copy comes complete with pledge of authenticity concerning the near-100 original signatures signed by the Olympians. The beautiful presentation is completed in shellcase, silver-blocked on front and spine, with ribbon marker bound into the case to lift out the book. Look for some of your favourites!
Signatories.
ACKERLEY, PAUL ARCHIBALD, JEFF ANDERSON, GARY BALLINGER, IAN BARRY, KEVIN BENNIE, ANDREW BIRD, ANDREW BORREN, THUR BRAMWELL, GRANT CARTER, HAMISH CHAMBERLAIN, MARISE CHESNEY, ALAN CLARK, SALLY COBERGER, ANNELISE COLE, WARREN COLLINGE, ROSS CHRISTENSEN, JOHN COUTTS, RUSSELL COWIE, DON CROPP, JACK CUTLER, JOHN DAVIS, ROD DAYMAN, GREG DICKIE, SIMON DIGNAN, PETER DIXON, ROD DOCHERTY, BEVAN EARL, ATHOL EGNOT, LESLIE EVERS-SWINDELL, CAROLINE EVERS-SWINDELL, GEORGINA FERGUSON, IAN FOUHY, BEN GILLESPIE, JOHN HALBERG, MURRAY HANNEN, LYNLEY HOLLISTER, BRETT HUNTER, JOHN HURT, TONY INESON, TONY JEFFERIS, VAUGHN JOHNSTON, GREG JOYCE, DICK KENDALL, BARBARA KENDALL, BRUCE KEYS, GEORGE KINGSMAN, PAUL KNIGHTON, MARGARET LATTA, VICTORIA LAWTON, KEVIN LOADER, DANYON MacDONALD, PAUL McINTOSH, AARON McINTYRE, ALAN McLEAN, ALEX MABBOTT, BARRIE MAGEE, BARRY MAISTER, BARRY MAISTER, SELWYN MANNING, TREVOR MOLLER, LORRAINE MONK, CRAIG MOSSE, ANTHONY NICHOLSON, ANDREW O’BRIEN, SHANE O’CONNELL, LES PARKIN, ARTHUR PATEL, MOHAN PATEL, RAMESH PAYNE, NICOLA POTTINGER, TINKS QUAX, DICK ROBERTSON, CONRAD ROBERTSON, GARY RODGER, DAVE RYAN, MIKE SELLERS, REX SHEARER, JAN SNELL, PETER STOREY, DUDLEY SUTHERLAND, IVAN SYMON, DON TAIT, BLYTH THOMPSON, ALAN TODD, MARK TONKS, DICK TRASK, KEITH TUA, DAVID VELDMAN, WYBO VERDONK, ERIC WADDELL, ROB WALKER, JOHN WELLS, EARLE WHITE, CHRIS WILLIAMS, YVETTE WRIGHT, IAN
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