Breaking the Surface

Breaking the Surface
AuthorGreg Louganis
co-writer: Eric Marcus
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography
PublisherPlume
Publication date
1 March 1995
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover, paperback
Pages320
ISBN0-452-27590-3
OCLC33817635

Breaking the Surface is a best-selling book by Greg Louganis, co-written with Eric Marcus published in 1995. The book spent five weeks at number one on the New York Times Best Seller list.[1]

Louganis chronicles his winning of back-to-back double gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics, and his self-doubt and lack of confidence that held him back personally and professionally because of concealing his sexual orientation as a gay athlete. This is about him coming out as an HIV-positive gay man.[1]

As a follow-up to the success of the book, Canadian television and film director Steven Hilliard Stern directed Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story in 1997, starring Mario Lopez as Louganis, with Louganis also appearing in certain scenes of the television film and as narrator.[2] Louganis also produced a video diary called Looking To the Light, which picked up where Breaking the Surface left off.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Tabor, Mary B. W. (1995-03-08). "Book Notes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ O'Neill, Tracy (2015-08-04). "Greg Louganis: Far From Falling". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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