Книга: Michael Abrams «Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them»
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Производитель: "Three Rivers Press" The Wright Brothers were wimps. Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds. People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the dawn of history. They ve made wings of feather and bone, leather and wood, canvas and taffeta, and thrown themselves off the highest places they could find. Theirs is the world s first and still most dangerous extreme sport, and its full history has never been told. `Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers` is a thrilling, hilarious, and often touching chronicle of these obsessive inventors and eccentric daredevils. It traces the story of winged flight from its doomed early pioneers to their glorious high-tech descendants, who ve at last conquered gravity (sometimes, anyway). Michael Abrams gives us a brilliant bird s-eye view of what it s like to fly with wings. And then, inevitably, to fall. ... ISBN:1400054923 Издательство: "Three Rivers Press" (2007)
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Michael Abrams
| Micky Abrams | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | (Mickey, Micky) |
| Rated at | Light-flyweight |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 27 September 1949 London, England |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Boxing | ||
| Competitor for England | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Bronze | 1970 Edinburgh | Light Flyweight |
Michael (Mickey) Abrams (born 27 September 1949 in Battersea, England) is a former English amateur and Commonwealth Games light-flyweight boxer.
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Early career
Mickey was a promising boxer from a very early age becoming the Southwest and London schoolboy champion in 1964, and was also the national runner up that year at the 6 st 3 lb division. The following year he became the Junior ABA Southwest and London champion in the class A division, also becoming the national runner up that year.
He did well at the senior ABA competition of 1969/70 at the then "Flyweight" division, before winning the national ABA title for the next 3 years running at Light-Flyweight.
He gained Bronze at the 1970 Commonwealth games at Light-Flyweight, captained the 1971 Madrid European games, won a Pre-Olympic silver for the 1972 Munich Olympics as well as captaining for the 1973 European games in Belgrade and also the 1974 Commonwealth games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
He also had great success in a couple of tours of America, winning 3 fights at the Ohio State fair, Indianapolis and the New Jersey State fair in an ABA tour of 1970, and fought in Madison Square Garden in 1973 in a USA vs the ABA tour. On one of these tours he also met and became good friends with Dustin Hoffman.
Amateur career
Abrams was an amateur boxer for Battersea Amateur Boxing Club, and gained the following ABA titles:
- ABA Light-flyweight Champion (48 kg) - 1971
- ABA Light-flyweight Champion (48 kg) - 1972
- ABA Light-flyweight Champion (48 kg) - 1973
Personal life
Mickey lives in Battersea with his partner Valerie and his young daughter Valentine. He has just finished a stint as school Governor at his daughter's school (Wix Primary), which happens to be the same school he attended as a youngster.
References
- 1949 births
- Living people
- English boxers
- Boxers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Light-flyweight boxers
Источник: Michael Abrams
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