Tianna Tashelle

Survive and Advance

A Story of a life spent running.


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"Survive and Advance" is a tournament strategy athletes employ to advance through the rounds. Whenever possible, athletes will attempt to advance to the next round without expending too much energy. The theory is that their best performance should come at the championships, in the final round, where the medals and titles are decided.

To Tianna, the "Survive and Advance" strategy is effective away from the field of play as well. To her, it means doing whatever is needed to survive life...moment to moment, to get to tomorrow to fight another day.

Tianna is defiance personified.

Defiant of gravity, and defiant in the face of adversity.

This revealing memoir by 3-time world champion, 2-time Olympian, and 3-time Olympic gold medalist now called Tianna Madison, chronicles her drive to become an elite athlete and her climb to the top of her game...what you knew about her-and what you didn't-until now.

You may think you know what it means to be a champion,

but you're about to find out that you had no idea.

 
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A cross between a page turning story you can’t put down and a lyrical masterpiece, Bartoletta’s words acknowledge the messy truth of being human who is striving for greatness.  Survive and Advance gives us a behind the scenes look at the winding path towards being a champion, studded with lessons and revelations that can apply to anyone.  With every poignant and relatable sentence, Bartoletta proves that her dominance extends further than her decorated athletic background.
— Sara Tanza Doctor of Physical Therapy

 

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THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY…

Who is Tianna Bartoletta? Born Tianna Madison in Elyria, Ohio she’s the daughter of Robert and Jo Ann Madison (Martial Artist, and Dancer respectively). She’s the middle child her older sister Adrianne is a nurse, her younger sister Christina a world renowned oil-painter both of whom were track athletes. On the surface Tianna’s an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events.

She’s got nine global championship medals. Three Olympic gold medals. Three World Championship Gold Medals. Three World Championship Bronze Medals.

Truth is though, that’s what Tianna does…it’s not who she is. Not even close.

Survive and Advance is her memoir.

It’s a deep dive into the makings of the woman you see today. An intimate look into the mindset of a champion. A story of both tragedy and triumph. Tianna craftily shares her journey through stories of a life spent running.

 

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Tianna took me on a wild ride through her experiences running track in high school.  From laughter to remembered teenage angst, I feel like I was right there with her., up to and including the moment she owned up to her inner demons and the voices of self-doubt that sabotaged some of her performances.  I want to get acquainted with that Tianna B.
— Phoebe Potter

 

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 Survive.

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