Breaking the Surface (edition 1995)

by Greg Louganis; Eric Marcus

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Title:	Breaking the Surface
Authors:	Greg Louganis; Eric Marcus
Info:	RANDOM HOUSE (1995), Hardcover, 304 pages
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I found this book to be unbelievably honest and deeply affecting. Not only it is a wonderful story about diving and what it takes to be a champion. It is also window into Greg Louganis's inner feelings and the choices he has to make under painfully difficult circumstances. (

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sbecon | Apr 30, 2013 |

Olympic diving gold medallist Greg Louganis was molested by one of his coaches. He kept going back for the ‘affection, the holding, the cuddling – more than the sex. I was starved for affection’. (

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To Ryan White,
my inspiration and guardian angel

and to Dr. Stan Ziegler,
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Greg Louganis won back-to-back double gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, and his amazing physique and handsome face should have made him a media superstar. Yet Louganis's struggles with self-doubt lack of confidence held him back personally and professionally. He only achieved real happiness after coming out as an HIV-positive gay man. This is a thoughtful, sensitive portrait of a man whose insecurities nearly destroyed him, but who found the love and inner strength to save himself.

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