Born without hands or feet, Tony Volpentest learned to run on carbon fiber blades. He set {{ wrTotalPhrase }}, among them 11.36 for the 100 meters in Atlanta in 1996. He left the track after the Sydney Games in 2000.
The medals are where most people start. The keynotes, the book, and now a feature film are what came after.
His story has appeared on ESPN, CNN and 48 Hours, and in Sports Illustrated and Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
Tony spoke for years, then stopped. Working on the film has him thinking about speaking again.
If one of the subjects below fits your room, write to Tony.
From the foreword and endorsements in Fastest Man in the World.
Life after racing — raising a son, building a career, and finding somewhere else to put the drive that had gone into the track.
How he ran races in his head before he ran them on the track — and how he still uses that method.
The training, prosthetic development, and competition behind the move from last place to a world record.
Tony’s own account — the last-place finishes, the four years to a world record, three Games, and what came after. Foreword by Ross Perot.
These are the remaining copies from the 2014 printing, signed and numbered by hand. When they’re gone, they’re gone.
