breaking the surface the greg louganis story

The ninth dive - 'I can do that' - Sissy, nigger, retard - Suicide - Olympic dreams - Montreal 1976 - Fame - Coming out - Diving - Depression - The University of Miami - Moscow 1980 - International dominance - Kevin - Los Angeles 1984 - Tom - Sign here - Show biz - Tom's rules - Diagnosed - Living with HIV - Olympic trials - Seoul 1988 - Separate ways - Settlement - Forgiving - Rebirth - Jeffrey - Gay games 1994Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:00:47 Associated-names Marcus, Eric Boxid IA1947103 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

This is the haunting, searingly candid story of the world's greatest diver. His triumph at the 1988 Olympics came several months after he tested positive for HIV. However, Louganis went on to win double gold medals at the 19 Olympics. Being in the spotlight intensified his difficulties with relationships and substance abuse. But despite his astonishing athletic skill, Greg struggled with late-detected dyslexia, prejudice toward his dark skin coloring and anguish over his homosexuality, which he felt compelled to hide. Born to a young Samoan father and Northern European mother, and adopted at nine months, Greg began diving at age nine, and at sixteen won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation.

This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection.

1 online resource (ix, 306 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :

Breaking the surface the greg louganis story