As Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski is getting closer to the birthday of a year of her cancer diagnosis, the triple champion of the Grand Colem revealed in a recent interview that the news that changed the life she received in the spring of 2024 changed her vision of life for the best.
Dabrowski, who won him first Olympic medal In Paris, just a few months after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer, revealed for the first time in an Instagram publication on the evening of the New Year that, despite all the success she had seen this season, she had kept a secret.
Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada in action at the US Open on August 29, 2024. (Fatih Aktas / Anadolu via Getty Images)
She had first observed a bump in her left breast during an “self -extension” in 2023, but she was then rejected by another doctor. The following year, in the spring, a WTA doctor suggested that he obtain another assessment, and after a series of tests, Dabrowski received a diagnosis of breast cancer.
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“I do not regret what the doctor said to me then [in 2023]Because I’m really happy with how my year has proven, from what I learned, from what I experienced, ” She said to the Olympics.com Last week. “It is a recognition that cancer is something really spoiled and it can be very frightening.”
With the knowledge of his fans, Dabrowski suffered a treatment but remained in the field. She won two double titles, including the WTA Tour final, and won her first Olympic medal at the summer games. She also reached a new career summit in the double ranking, arriving at No. 3.
Gabriela Dabrowski famous after winning the bronze medal in double mixed at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. (Amber Searls-USA today Sports)
The tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski reveals that she played Wimbledon, at the Olympic Games while fighting breast cancer
For Dabrowski, his vision of life changed after his diagnosis. She said cancer “rocked” her to understand “what it meant to be alive”.
“Cancer had to occur In my opinion; Something had to shake me and cancer did it, “she told the Olympics.com.
“It shook me. It does not mean that I was not grateful for my life before, neither for people, nor the experiences of life that I lead. But it was something bigger, because it really shaken in my heart of what it meant to be alive, what it meant to play a sport to live.”
From left to right, Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) and Erin Roudliffe (NZL) and Katerina Siniakova (Cze) and Taylor Townsend (USA) pose with the finalists and championship trophies, respectively, after the double of Wimbledon ladies in 2024. (Geoff Burke-USA today Sports)
Dabrowski presented himself with the hope of raising awareness of early detection and sharing his story as a survivor.
“At the start of my diagnosis, I was afraid that cancer is part of my identity,” she wrote in her December article. “I no longer feel that. It is a privilege to be able to call me a survivor.”
