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“Compelling…American Victory represents the triumph of the human spirit.” —Los Angeles Times
Henry Cejudo’s remarkable journey follows an unlikely hero, the son of illegal immigrants, from the mean streets of South Central LA to the respect of the Beijing Olympics. The primary American in sixteen years to win the gold medal in freestyle wrestling and the youngest American gold medalist ever on this event, Henry’s grit, passion, and get to the bottom of on display in China used to be a culmination of a life spent fighting-both off and on the mat. American Victory is his poignant and powerful memoir of how he rose above the statistics and dangers to turn out to be a winner-and a hero that embodies all that is highest and most hopeful within the American dream.