Picture 1 of 1
Kriss Akabusi on Track By Ted Harrison. 9780745933788
Last item available
Condition:
“Slight Creasing To Spine and Wear To Edges Of Pages”
Last One / 1 sold
Postage:
Located in: South East, United Kingdom
Delivery:
Varies
Returns:
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Shop with confidence
Seller information
- 98.8% positive feedback
Registered as a Business Seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:173554322207
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Slight Creasing To Spine and Wear To Edges Of Pages”
- UPC
- 9780745933788
- ISBN
- 9780745933788
- EAN
- 9780745933788
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Kriss Akabusi on Track
- Item Height
- 178mm
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Ltd
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories, Sports
- Item Width
- 111mm
- Item Weight
- 155g
- Number of Pages
- 246 Pages
About this product
Product Information
By birth a Nigerian prince, Kriss Akabusi (and his brother) lost touch with his parents in the Nigerian civil war and was brought up in England in a local authority children's home. At 16 Kriss joined the army, where he did well; this was the start of his athletics career. At 20 he visited Nigeria for the first time, to an ecstatic welcome from his people. In 1984 he was picked for the Olympic Games to run in the 400 metres (he got to the final) and the 4 x 400 metre relay (silver medal). He has raised the profile of black athletes by his courage and his consistent, disciplined approach to sport. Drugs were a temptation, especially when younger athletes began to outshine him, but he resisted and instead switched to hurdles. His training companion is gold medalist Roger Black. Following the 1986 Commonwealth Games, Kriss began to ask himself what life was all about. He read the Bible presented to all the athletes at Edinburgh and was strongly attracted to the person of Jesus. He found history, his story, reality in what he read. Nine months later, in a training camp in the USA, he challenged Jesus to speak directly to him. Kriss wrote the vivid dream that followed. Next morning he told his fellow athletes, I met Jesus last night - they though he was crazy. His German wife Monika doesn't share his faith - although she admits Kriss is easier to live with, more thoughtful and sensitive these days. Their first daughter was the first test-tube baby to be delivered in Berlin. They now have two girls. Kriss has now left the Army and is studying Christianity in a college in California, where he also trains each winter. He belongs to a large and flourishing Californian church, and to a smaller church near his home in Southampton. In the European Championships of 1990 he took the gold and broke the record. In 1993, at the World Championships in Tokyo, he won a bronze medal in the 400 metre hurdles, and brought home the gold in the final of the 4 x 400 metres relay, in a spectacular finish. He was awarded an MBE in summer 1991 and voted sports personality of the year. He appears constantly on TV. This re-issue includes a revised introduction and re-written final two chapters, as well as new photographs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lion Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13
9780745933788
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96188940
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kriss Akabusi on Track
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
178mm
Item Width
111mm
Item Weight
155g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Item description from the seller
Business seller information
Value Added Tax Number:
- GB 724498118
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:173554322207
Postage and handling
Item does not ship to United States
Item location:
South East, United Kingdom
Post to:
Worldwide
Excludes:
Afghanistan, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Libya, Nauru, Russian Federation, Somalia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen
| Handling time |
|---|
| Will usually ship within 1 business day of receiving cleared payment. |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Learn moreLearn more about paying tax on eBay purchases. |
Sales Tax for an item #173554322207
Sales Tax for an item #173554322207
Seller collects sales tax for items shipped to the following states:
| State | Sales Tax Rate |
|---|
Return policy
| After receiving the item, contact seller within |
|---|
| 3 days |
The buyer is responsible for return postage costs.
Seller feedback (224,880)
This item (1)
All items (224,880)
j***b (273)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Very good read. Great buy. Thanks
a***s (49)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Item in great condition, quick delivery, thank you.
t***y (244)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
👍🏼
y***y (682)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
good 50/s songs Good cds