Breaking the Surface by Greg Louganis - ISBN: 9781402206665
Paperback
Olympic champion’s raw memoir: overcoming prejudice, proving worth, finding greatness.

Breaking the Surface

  • Paperback

    348 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2006

Summary

Champions aren’t born, they’re made.

The haunting, searingly candid New York Times bestselling memoir of Greg Louganis’ journey to overcome homophobia, colorism, and disability to become one of the best Olympic athletes in the world.

Greg Louganis began diving at age nine. At sixteen, he beat out more experienced competitors to win a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. By all accounts, the world was his for the taking. But there was more happening beneath the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781402206665
ISBN-10:1402206666
Author:Greg Louganis, Eric Marcus
Publisher:Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:Sourcebooks, Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:348
Release Date:1 March 2006
Weight:510g
Dimensions:60mm x 140mm x 216mm
A-Format
B-Format
Breaking the Surface by Greg Louganis - ISBN: 9781402206665
140 × 216 mm
C-Format
A4
mm / in
About The Author

Greg Louganis

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.

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