| Breaking the Surface | |
| Author: | Greg Louganis co-writer: Eric Marcus |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Autobiography |
| Publisher: | Plume |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1995 |
| Media Type: | Hardcover, paperback |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Isbn: | 0-452-27590-3 |
| Oclc: | 33817635 |
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.
As a follow-up to the success of the book, Canadian television and film director Steven Hilliard Stern directed 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.