Next Round - A Young Athlete's Journey to Gold

Arthur Biyarslanov fled war in Chechnya as a child, ultimately coming to Canada as a refugee. Thriving on the challenge and discipline of sport, he won gold for Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Olympic Games, and a few months later qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Written from extensive interviews with Arthur and his family.

About the author

John Spray grew up in the Midwest and spent years as a successful amateur boxer, gym rat and boxing fanatic. He has been a Private Investigator in Toronto for forty years and is the owner and founder of Mantis Investigation. John also sponsors the annual John Spray Mystery Award for excellence in mystery writing for children.

Summary

Arthur Biyarslanov fled war in Chechnya as a child, ultimately coming to Canada as a refugee. Thriving on the challenge and discipline of sport, he won gold for Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Olympic Games, and a few months later qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Written from extensive interviews with Arthur and his family.

Additional text

This is a book by John Spray on Arthur Biyarslanov and it's about the next round, ironically....

This book chronicles the story of him coming from Chechnya via Azerbaijan and to Halifax in 2005 where the family was met by the refugee relocation committee of the UN, put up for 5 days there and ultimately on to Toronto. A decade later, a gold medallist at the Pan American Games and now the 21year old has designs on a championship here in Rio.

Product details

• Authors: John Spray
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781772780017
• ISBN: 978-1-77278-001-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Illustrations: Karten
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; sports, juvenile biography, Biyarslanov, Arthur - Juvenile literature., Biyarslanov, Arthur, Sports -- Biography - Juvenile literature., Boxers (Sports), Refugees - Chechnya (Russia), Boxers (Sports) -- Biography - Juvenile literature., Refugees - Chechnya (Russia) - Juvenile literature.