British Sports Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2005) Winner
Richard Askwith
リチャード・アスクウィス
Richādo Asukuwisu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Nominations
- William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist (Feet in the Clouds), Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature shortlist (Feet in the Clouds)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Best New Writer prize | Feet in the Clouds | — | Sports Book Awards | won |
| 2020 | Biography of the Year | Unbreakable | — | Sports Book Awards | won |
Best New Writer prize
2004
Work:
Feet in the Clouds
Organization:
Sports Book Awards
Result:
won
Biography of the Year
2020
Work:
Unbreakable
Organization:
Sports Book Awards
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Feet in the Clouds
2004 non-fictionA cult book about fell-running and obsession.
fell runningobsessionsports
Unbreakable: the countess, the Nazis and the world's most dangerous horse race
2019 biographyBook about Lata Brandisová.
biographysportshistory
Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero
2016 biographyBiography of Emil Zátopek.
OlympicsCold Warrunning
Bibliography
- Feet in the Clouds
- The Lost Village: In Search of a Forgotten Rural England
- Let IT Go: My Extraordinary Story, from Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist
- Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
- Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero
- People Power: Remaking Parliament for the Populist Age
- Unbreakable: the countess, the Nazis and the world's most dangerous horse race
- Toymaker: the autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods
Legacy
British journalist and author best known for sports-related non-fiction and biographies.