Signed by Ryk Neethling. Tipped in Signed card. Publication of 233 pages. The wraps are in fine condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Title: Chasing the Dream (Signed by Ryk Neethling)
Publisher: Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1770220305
ISBN 13: 9781770220300
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fine
Weight: 14 ounces
Signed: Signed

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The story of Ryk Neethling is much more than the story of a triumphant sportsman. It is the story of a fiercely determined swimmer from Bloemfontein who overcame great odds – a near drowning, social awkwardness and family tragedy – to become an Olympic champion.

In this autobiography, Ryk tells of his travels to the US to pursue his Olympic dream and as a student at the University of Arizona (where he was named the University of Arizona Athlete of the Century); the experience of winning gold in Athens in 2004; the murky world of steroids in sport; his ongoing battle with the sport’s administrators; his struggles with his Afrikaner identity; and his rejection of a multimillion-dollar offer to swim for another country.

The book will take the story up to the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which Ryk was the only South African to compete in four successive Olympic Games.

About the Author

CLINTON VAN DER BERG has held various positions in South African newspapers and is currently sports editor of the Sunday Times. He has travelled extensively, reporting on events as varied as the Olympic Games, the X-Games and world championship boxing. He has won a number of awards for sports-writing, among them the SAB Sports Writer of the Year award in 2000. This is his first book.

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