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Born to Perform: How Sport Has Shaped My Life

Authors/Editors Gerard Hartmann
ISBN 978-1-871305-27-2
Publication Date 10/24/11
Format Paperback

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€16.99

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In Born to Perform, renowned physical therapist Gerard Hartmann takes a look at his experiences in sport, both as a competitor and a physical therapist, and how it has helped and healed his life.

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Since 1991 Gerard Hartmann has worked as a physical therapist with many of the world’s greatest athletes, including Sonia O’Sullivan, Kelly Holmes and Paula Radcliffe, as well as with a number of Irish rugby, athletic and GAA stars.

In Born to Perform, Hartmann takes a look at his experiences in sport, both as a competitor and a physical therapist, and how it has helped and healed his life.

Born to Perform:

  • Is an engaging and inspiring account of the life of an athlete at the top of his game, and how he dealt with the injury that took him out of competing, starting again as a physical therapist
  • Shows how drive and determination can lead to success in sport and life
  • Warns against obsession with sport to the detriment of family and relationships, and mental and physical health

    Born to Perform is a book for anyone who wants to make the most of life and succeed at what they love.



    Gerard Hartmann operates Hartmann International Sports Injury Clinic at the University of Limerick, and also at the High Altitude Training Centre in Iten, Kenya.



    "... a fascinating read and different from any other sports book I have read."

    Weeshie Fogarty, Terrace Talk

    "Triathlon history and elite athlete anecdotes aside, the biggest feature of Born to Perform is the advice that anyone can rise from adversity and succeed if they find something they are truly passionate about. Hartmann's book also contains valuable and well-written lessons about the beauty and benefits of sport and also about why keeping a balance in your life is so important."

    Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly, 15 December 2011

    "A remarkable man, the book occasionally reads like a US self-help book full of zesty life observations and quotes from Rudyard Kipling’s poem If. Hartmann seems to have found a secret of sorts. He appears to have found the key to unlock not just the bodies of top athletes but their minds too."

    Johnny Watterson, The Irish Times, 17 December 2011

    "Recently, I met John O' Keeffe at Deenihan’s book launch in Listowel and the former great Kerry star wondered which sports book he should chose from the shelves. Whatever else you do read Ger Hartmann’s book, ‘Born to Perform’ was the advice. A wonderful read."

    Éamonn Fitzgerald, Killarney Advertiser

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