Tag: Lisa Curry
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Former Swimmer Lisa Curry on Love, Loss, and Life as a “Golden Girl” | Australian Story | ABC News In-depth
Triple Olympian Lisa Curry was the golden girl of swimming through the 1980s after she was spotted by Dawn Fraser’s coach at age 10. With her fairytale marriage to ironman Grant Kenny and the arrival of three golden-haired children, Lisa has been a magazine favourite for decades. Lisa has led a full and rich life…
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Former Elite Swimmers Come Forward to Accuse Their Coach of Abusing Them as Boys | ABC News
In February, the Australian swimming community was rocked by the sudden death of Olympian Shane Lewis. Later in life, Lewis had raised allegations he had been sexually abused by an elite swimming coach while he was still in his early teens. Now other former swimmers are speaking out with their own allegations about the same…
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In at the deep end – Carlile and Curry comment on the pressures faced by elite athletes
See 7 News Consider the falls from grace of swimming stars Ian Thorpe, Scott Miller, Geoff Huegill and now Grant Hackett. Thorpe is in rehab for depression, after reportedly taking antidepressants and painkillers. Atlanta silver and bronze medallist Scott Mille has outlined his addictions to ecstacy, cocaine and crystal meth. While Geoff Huegill contemplated suicide…