Making Waves. Chris Epting

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Babashoff, Shirley, 1957- | Epting, Chris, 1961-

      Title: Making waves: my journey to winning Olympic Gold and defeating the East German Doping Program / by Shirley Babashoff with Chris Epting; foreword by Donna de Varona.

      Description: Solana Beach, CA: Santa Monica Press LLC, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016007635 (print) | LCCN 2016019549 (ebook) | ISBN 9781595808028 (ebooks)

      Subjects: LCSH: Babashoff, Shirley, 1957- | Women swimmers--United States--Biography. | Olympics--History--20th century. | Doping in sports--History--Germany (East)

      Classification: LCC GV838.B34 A3 2016 (print) | LCC GV838.B34 (ebook) | DDC

      797.2/1092 [B] --dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016007635

      Cover and interior design and production by Future Studio

       Dedication

       This book is dedicated to my teammates

       from the 1976 Olympic Games:

      Melissa Belote, Wendy Boglioli, Brenda Borgh,

      Lelei Fonoimoana, Maryanne Graham, Jeanne Haney,

      Janis Hape, Kathy Heddy, Jennifer Hooker, Linda Jezek,

      Nicole Kramer, Renee Laravie, Renee Magee, Marcia Morey,

      Kim Peyton, Lauri Siering, Miriam Smith, Jill Sterkel,

      Karen Thornton, Tauna Vandeweghe, Wendy Weinberg,

      Donna Lee Wennerstrom, and Camille Wright.

       Contents

      PREFACE by Mark Spitz

      FOREWORD by Donna de Varona

      INTRODUCTION

      Chapter 1: Growing Up

      Chapter 2: And So It Begins . . .

      Chapter 3: My First Adventure

      Chapter 4: A New Coach

      Chapter 5: Munich

      Chapter 6: Feeling Like a Celebrity

      Chapter 7: What Happened to the East Germans?

      Chapter 8: Skinsuits and a Mysterious Vaccine

      Chapter 9: Swimming with the College Boys

      Chapter 10: My Personal Best

      Chapter 11: Training for ’76

      Chapter 12: The Montreal Games

      Chapter 13: Forming a Strategy

      Chapter 14: The Final Race

      Chapter 15: A National Disgrace

      Chapter 16: Marriage

      Chapter 17: The Charade Continues

      Chapter 18: New Beginnings

      Chapter 19: The Cheaters

      Chapter 20: The Olympic Order

      Chapter 21: The Truth Comes Out

      Chapter 22: My Future Is Now

      SHIRLEY BABASHOFF’S INDIVIDUAL WORLD AND AMERICAN RECORDS

      AN OPEN LETTER TO THOMAS BACH, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

      WHAT THE 1976 OLYMPIC RECORDS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THEY WERE REVISED

      NOTES FROM COACHES JIM MONTRELLA AND MARK SCHUBERT

      ABOUT THE AUTHORS

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      INDEX

      PHOTO CREDITS

       Preface