''Losers'' is an 2019

docu-series Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film. *Television documentary series, sometimes called d ...

by director/executive producer Mickey Duzyj, in which Duzyj interviews athletes (as well as their friends, family and reporters) who experienced defeats and then turned those losses into positive experiences.

Premise

The series explores the worlds of golf, curling, boxing, endurance running and figure skating in eight parts, interviewing athletes, as well as their friends, family and reporters, about how they have taken these experiences of defeats and turned them into something positive.

Episodes

*The Miscast Champion: Forced into boxing by his abusive father,

Michael Bentt Michael Bentt (born September 4, 1965) is a British-born American film and television actor, and retired professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1994. Of Jamaican heritage, he was born in East Dulwich, London, but raised in the Cambria Hei ...

becomes a world champ, but find happiness after he leaves the boxing world behind. *The Jaws of Victory: On the final day of the 1987 English Football League season,

Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nickname ...

needs a positive result to avoid what could be the end of their existence, and they get it thanks to the bite of a police dog. *Judgement:

Surya Bonaly Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a French-born retired competitive figure skater. She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993–1995), a five-time European champion (1991–1995), the 1991 World Junior Champion, and a ...

struggles with racism from judges as a figure skater, but never lets go of her identity and becomes a role model for a new generation of black female skaters. *Stone Cold: Pat Ryan seeks to upend the

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

world, and comes up with a strategy that makes him almost unbeatable. However, Ryan's tactics also make the sport so boring that it nearly dies, sparking reform. *Lost in the Desert: Olympian

Mauro Prosperi Mauro Prosperi (born 13 July 1955) is a former Italian police officer and pentathlete, most notable for his nine-day disappearance and survival in the Sahara Desert, whilst competing in the 1994 Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands) in Mor ...

enters the

Marathon des Sables ''Marathon des Sables'', or MdS, ( French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon) "Facing Africa NOMA : The Marathon des Sables", FacingAfrica.org, 2010, webpage: -->pages/mds/default.asp FA8. is a six-day, ultramarath ...

and it transforms from a battle for the finish line to a battle for survival. *Aliy: In the 2016

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod, is an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome, entirely within the US state of Alaska. Mushers and a team of between 12 ...

Aliy Zirkle Aliy Zirkle (born 1970 in New Hampshire) is an American champion of sled dog racing. Aliy Zirkle moved to Bettles, Alaska at age twenty and began mushing due to the remote nature of the town. She adopted six sled dogs and began learning how to ...

is attacked by a man on a snowmobile and must fight to persevere following the confrontation. *Black Jack: New York playground basketball legend Jack Ryan squanders a series of opportunities due to a short temper, but later finds a niche in the sport by using his inherent sense of humor. *The 72nd Hole: Jean van de Velde has one hole to go before winning the

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. Everyone expects him to play it safe and take the title, but he takes a more aggressive approach and creates a moment that would long be remembered in golf history.

Release

The series was released on March 1, 2019 on

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streaming.

References

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