Tennis pro Gabriela Dabrowski reveals she played Wimbledon and Olympics amid breast cancer treatment
Paris Olympic bronze medalist and three-time Grand Slam champion Gabriela Dabrowski shared in an Instagram post that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in April and competed throughout the season while receiving treatment.
Paris Olympic bronze medalist and three-time Grand Slam champion Gabriela Dabrowski shared in an Instagram post that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in April and competed throughout the season while receiving treatment.
"I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am okay and I will be okay," she wrote Tuesday. "Early detection saves lives. I can wholeheartedly agree with this."
Dabrowski, 32, said she briefly took a break from tennis after undergoing two surgeries, but returned to the court in June, where she and her partner Erin Routliffe won the women’s doubles at the Rothesay Open Nottingham.
The tennis champ said she then briefly paused further treatment so she could compete at Wimbledon and at the Paris Olympic Games. She and Routliffe finished as runners-up at Wimbledon, and Dabrowski clinched a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the Paris Games.
"It all seems surreal," she posted.
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