Coming attraction: The Herminator's new autobiography

By Published On: November 3rd, 2005Comments Off on Coming attraction: The Herminator's new autobiography

Coming attraction: The Herminator’s new autobiographySki racing fans get ready for the inside story on one of the greatest skiers ever – VeloPress has acquired the worldwide English language rights to Hermann Maier: The Race of My Life. Written by Hermann Maier with his former spokesman, Knut Okresek, the book will be published in English for the first time this December, early in the World Cup ski racing season and in time for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.

Standing as a giant in the ski world, Hermann Maier dominated his field of competition and gathered a trove of World Cup titles and medals along the way. But his championship reign came to a frightening halt in 2001 when he suffered a violent motorcycle accident that he was lucky to survive. Doctors were certain the damage to his leg would end his skiing career. Yet it was at this low point that Hermann Maier’s astonishing comeback story begins.

True to his all-or-nothing reputation, the “Herminator” put every ounce of his strength into his slow, painful recovery. Driven by the same determination that awed millions in Nagano at the 1998 Olympic Games-where he walked away from the most spectacular crash the sport has seen and went on to win a gold medal the next day-Maier willed his way back to the podium in a stunning return to glory.

Hermann Maier: The Race of My Life is the shocking, engaging, and ultimately inspiring autobiography from one of the sport’s most electric figures on the eve of his return to the Olympic Games. With a foreword by Lance Armstrong, the book will be available this December from www.velopress.com, www.velogear.com and many North American retailers.

VeloPress is a sports fitness publisher and a trusted authority among snowsport athletes, cyclists, endurance athletes, and triathletes on the subjects of training, nutrition, equipment, and performance. VeloPress also publishes a wide variety of titles outside the training genre, taking a closer look at the celebrities in our sports and their mark on history. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Inside Communications, Inc., publisher of Ski Racing, VeloNews and Inside Triathlon magazines.

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