Dorian Yates: From the Shadow: Official Biography

376 Pages·2020·14.804 MB·English

by  Kaspa Hazlewood, Dorian Yates

Table of Contents
1. Frontpiece
2. DORIAN YATES: FROM THE SHADOW
1. Acknowledgments
2. Foreword
3. Introduction
4. Chapter 1 - Whatton
5. Chapter 2 - Childhood
6. Chapter 3 - From Couch Surfing to Competition
7. Chapter 4 - The Beginnings of a Man
8. Chapter 5 - Death in the Family
9. Chapter 6 - Life After Death
10. Chapter 7 - Life After Death
11. Chapter 8 - Supercharged
12. Chapter 9 - Conan My Barbarian
13. Chapter 10 - A Hot Property
14. Chapter 11 - The 1990s—Night of Champions
15. Chapter 12 - The 1990s—Night of Champions
16. Chapter 13 - Y is for Yates
17. Chapter 14 - Muscle Worship
18. Chapter 15 - Mr. Olympia
19. Chapter 16 - Success, Family, and Injuries
20. Chapter 17 - Fame
21. Chapter 18 - Meltdown—Injuries and the End of a Career
22. Chapter 19 - Even an Olympian Can Cry
23. Chapter 20 - The Lost Years
24. Chapter 21 - Dawn of a New Day
25. Chapter 22 - Legacy
26. Epilogue
Photo: Chris Lund
DORIAN YATES
FROM THE SHADOW
Kaspa Hazlewood
Originally published in 2018 by Dorian Yates
This e-book edition published 2020 by Dorian Yates
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E-book design and layout: Matthew Wayne Selznick, adapting a paperback
design from Rachel Burgess, Quickbane Limited
Editor and proofreader: Caroline Curtis
ISBN for the paperback edition: 978-1-9998284-2-4
For his part, Kaspa dedicates this book to his daughter Zoë… that she may
soar through life as if carried by what she called: “Dorian’s wings”
For my sister Tanya, who passed on so early.
I will always remember you and feel you by my side,
born into a body that was broken but with a spirit so pure…
I dedicate this book to you.
You were never forgotten and I hold you in my heart forever.
And to my children Lewis and Tahnee,
life would feel empty without you...
Photo: Roger Shelley
Acknowledgments
For your help and support:
Debbie Yates; Janet Chin; Peter McGough; Mike Haig; Dave McInerney;
Tommy Briscoe; Martin Tierney; Steve Weinberger; Bev Francis; Tony Tan
Man; Gal Yates; and all the fans.
And to those warriors who shared the sweat, pain, and iron in the Temple:
Ray Gobourne; Matt Nicholson; Vince; Kenny Brown; Big Rad; Pete
Mumford; Rich Oxley; Billy Payne; Steve Weinberger; Leroy Davis and
Dean Horton.