Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Swimmers From Ontario, Marilyn Bell, Alex Baumann, Victor Davis, Keith Beavers, Mike Brown, Lisa Flood, Kathy Bald, Beverly Boys, Scott Dickens, Erin Chan, Elizabeth Collins, Joe Bartoch, Gail Amundrud, Lisa Alexander, Martyn Forde, Mark Andrews, Hilary Bell, Raymond Brown, Aaron Feltham, Reema Abdo, Jolle Bkhazi, Christopher Chalmers, Mojca Cater, Ken Fitzpatrick, Robert Baird. Excerpt: Alexander ("Alex") "Sasha" Baumann, OC, O.Ont (born April 21, 1964) is a Canadian athlete, who won two gold medals and set two world records in swimming at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Born in Prague (former Czechoslovakia), Baumann was raised in Canada after his family moved there in 1969 following the Prague Spring. The family settled in Sudbury, Ontario, where, at the age of nine, Baumann became involved in competitive swimming, training at Laurentian University. By the time he was seventeen, Baumann owned 38 Canadian swimming records and the world record in the 200-metre individual medley. He accepted a swimming scholarship and entered Indiana University to train under its legendary coach James "Doc" Counsilman; however with chronic pain in his shoulder, he made the decision to return to Sudbury to continue physical therapy and training under the direction of his long-time coach, Dr. Jeno Tihanyi. Forced to sit out the 1982 World Aquatic Championships in Ecuador due to his injury, Baumann's training progressed enough that he was able to win gold in both 200 and 400-metre individual medley events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, lowering his world record in the 200-metre event to 2:02.25 in the process. It was here that he met his future wife Australian swimmer Tracey Taggart. He also won the 400-metre individual medley event... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1263733