As Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski approaches the first anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, the three -time Grand Slam champion revealed in a recent interview that the news that received the life she received in the spring of 2024 changed her perspective of life for the better.
Dabrowski, who won his first Olympic Medal In Paris, a few months after being diagnosed with breast cancer, he first revealed in an Instagram post on the eve of the New Year that, despite all the success he had seen that season, had been maintaining a secret.
Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada en action at the US Open on August 29, 2024. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu through Getty Images)
First he had observed a lump in his left bosom during a “self -examination” in 2023, but was then fired by another doctor. The following year, in spring, a WTA doctor suggested that he received another evaluation, and after a series of tests, Dabrowski was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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“I do not regret what the doctor told me then [in 2023]Because I am very happy with how my year was, what I learned, what I experienced “, She told Olympics.com last week. “It is a recognition that cancer is something really messy and can be very scary.”
Without the knowledge of his fans, Dabrowski underwent a treatment, but remained on the court. She won two doubles titles, including the WTA Tour final, and won her first Olympic medal in the summer Games. It also reached a new double ranking, reaching number 3.
Gabriela Dabrowski celebrates after winning the bronze medal in mixed doubles during the Summer Games in Paris 2024. (Amber Searls-USA Today Sports)
Tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski reveals that she played in Wimbledon, Olympic Games while fighting breast cancer
For Dabrowski, his perspective of life changed after his diagnosis. She said the cancer “shook” to understand “what it meant to be alive.”
“Cancer had to happen me; Something had to shake, and cancer did that, “he told Olympics.com.
“It shook me. It does not mean that I was not grateful for my life before, or the people in it, or the experiences in the life I lead. But it was something bigger, because it really shook my core of what it meant to be alive, which meant practicing a sport to make a living.”
From the left, Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) and Erin Routliffe (NZL) and Katerina Siniakova (Cze) and Taylor Towsend (USA. (Geoff Burke-USA Today Sports)
Dabrowski appeared with his trip with the hope of raising awareness about early detection and sharing his story as a survivor.
“At the beginning of my diagnosis I was afraid that cancer became part of my identity forever,” he wrote in his publication from December. “I don’t feel like that anymore. It’s a privilege to call me a survivor.”
