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This new edition includes a new foreword. Breaking the surface : the Greg Louganis story / USA Pictures presents a Green-Epstein production. 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. No one who watched the 1988 Olympics on television will ever forget seeing Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during the ninth dive of the. Being in the spotlight intensified his difficulties with relationships and substance abuse. Greg Louganis Eric Marcus Breaking the Surface Paperback Maby Greg Louganis (Author, Epilogue), Eric Marcus (Author) 151 ratings Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 16.87 175 Used from 0.01 22 New from 9.99 29 Collectible from 5.00 Paperback 5.63 33 Used from 1.29 1 New from 4.05 2 Collectible from 9. 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.

It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation.īorn 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. Heres the plot: 'Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the worlds top Olympic divers.' Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis. This is a new edition of Greg Louganis’s 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. Breaking the Surface is the inspirational memoirs of the great Olympic diving champion who has won Olympic gold four times.

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