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Breaking the Surface

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Breaking the Surface
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Greg Louganis
By (author) Eric Marcus
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Dimensions(mm): Height 218,Width 140
Category/GenreOlympic games
Water sports and recreations
ISBN/Barcode 9781402206665
ClassificationsDewey:797.24092
Audience
Teenage / Young Adult
Illustrations illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint Sourcebooks, Inc
Publication Date 15 March 2006
Publication Country United States

Description

This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation. 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. 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. Being in the spotlight intensified his difficulties with relationships and substance abuse. However, Louganis went on to win double gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. His triumph at the 1988 Olympics came several months after he tested positive for HIV. This is the haunting, searingly candid story of the world's greatest diver. This new edition includes a new foreword.

Author Biography

Greg Louganis is a four-time Olympic gold-medal diving champion. He lives in Malibu, California, where he raises and trains Harlequin Great Danes. Eric Marcus is the author of several books, including Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945 to 1990; Is it a Choice? and Why Suicide? He lives in New York City.