The 4 Year Olympian

From First Stroke to Olympic Medallist

by Jeremiah Brown

Biographies & Memoirs | Sports

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Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you’ve got.

After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and becoming a father at nineteen, Jeremiah Brown manages to grow up into a responsible young adult. But while juggling the demands of a long-term relationship, fatherhood, mortgage payments, and a nine-to-five banking career, he feels something is missing. A new goal captures his imagination: What would it take to become an Olympian?

Guided by a polarizing coach, Brown and his teammates plumb the depths of physical and mental exertion in pursuit of a singular goal. The 4 Year Olympian is a story of courage, perseverance, and overcoming self-doubt, told from the perspective of an unlikely competitor.

Advance Praise

"Jeremiah Brown is a badass athlete with the soul of a writer. This is not your average, sanitized account of the path to Olympic glory—it's a brutally honest, funny, and at times horrifying book about what it really takes to change your own life."

—Kate Fillion, bestselling author of The Darkest Dark and How We Can Win

"A gutsy, unflinching and ultimately inspiring peek beyond the Olympic podium at the high cost of chasing precious metal—be it gold, silver or bronze. Jeremiah Brown writes the way he raced, with rage and pain and power. He holds nothing back."

—Ken McQueen, veteran writer for Maclean's Magazine and has covered nine Olympic Games

"Startlingly frank, at times wrenching, Jeremiah Brown's account of his journey to an Olympic medal is an inspiration—not just for athletes but for anyone who is facing a challenge they think is insurmountable."

— Tom McCarthy, award-winning author, and editor of Facing Ali, a Sports Illustrated Top Book of the Year

"A story of family, ferocious determination, and the remarkable people who helped make it possible!"

— Charley Butt, Men's Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach, Harvard University

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