Breaking The Surface: The Greg Louganis
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Steven Hilliard Stern |
| First episode date | March 19, 1997 |
| Composers | Richard Bellis |
| Story by | Greg Louganis |
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| ID | 1227125 |
About Breaking The Surface: The Greg Louganis
Bullied as a child and misunderstood by his adoptive father (Michael Murphy), Greg Louganis (Mario Lopez) nevertheless trains hard as a diver and eventually wins Olympic gold. But his victories do not make his personal life any easier. He endures a tumultuous relationship with his lover/manager Tom Barrett (Jeff Meek), from whom he contracts HIV. Tom dies of AIDS, and Louganis resolves to come out publicly as a homosexual athlete before going on to win still more medals in the 1988 Olympics. …
