Sally Pearson was raised by a single mother and worked two jobs on the Gold Coast to support herself, caught up to three buses to get to training as a teenager. It may have something to do with her humble beginnings and Pearson's honest pursuit of excellence and her refusal to allow any obstacle to stand in her way. Sally Pearson is one of the greatest athletes in Australia and ran the fastest 100m hurdles in history to win a gold medal at the London Olympics. It's a fact that Pearson finds "crazy" but may go some way to explaining to her what her accomplishments have meant to her country. She is the first Australian to win a gold medal on the Olympic athletics track since Freeman in 2000, and only the second in more than 20 years. She won the fastest 100m hurdles race in Olympic history and she is recognised by many as the fastest female hurdler in history, in a sport where a world record has not been broken since 1988. She also held all four major international titles at the one time - Olympic, world, world indoor and Commonwealth titles. But none of those bare facts explains the indefinable something about Pearson has that has so endeared her to her country. This inspirational book shows that anyone can achieve their goals with hard work, commitment and perseverance.
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New paperback edition! Raised by a single mother, Sally Pearson spent her teenage years working two jobs and catching buses to get to training. Perhaps it was her humble beginnings that instilled in her the drive to compete and succeed- her honest pursuit of excellence and the refusal to all any obstacle to stand in her way has seen Sally Pearson become one of the greatest athletes in Australia, running the fastest female 100m hurdles race in Olympic history. Her London Olympics victory was the first Aussie Gold Medal on the athletics track since Freeman won in 2000. She broke a world record in a sport where the last broken record stood from 1988. But Sally has something that can’t be defined by the bare facts. And this is why her country loves her. It is her single-minded pursuit of her goals, her humble and pleasant nature, as well as her longevity as an athlete. According to her, the secret, she says, is “really just belief, it’s believing in yourself and giving it a crack and knowing that you can do it”.
