Honest, sometimes controversial and inspiring – Brooke details how she nearly drowned twice as a toddler, and takes the reader through to the regime of Olympic training.

She tells of the scandals in the sport where “baseless lies” almost cost careers, that famous Medley muddle, drugs in sport, almost being electrocuted in a promotion – winning and losing - and why she eventually called it quits. There is also personal heartache, including have to deal with her father’s heart attack.

She provides an insider’s view into Olympic preparation – and finding love!

Brooke has also been made an ambassador for the Smith Family’s “Little Learners’ Literacy Fund” (PDF).

The fund is run through Borders stores nationally and helps provide scholarships and resources to encourage children to read.

About Brooke Hanson
Brooke was born in Manly NSW and now lives in Melbourne. Her family had her take swimming lessons from the age of four after nearly drowning.

From the mid 1990’s she was one of Australia’s most prominent swimmers, although she missed out on qualifying for the 1996 games by just 0.11 of a second.

As one of Australia’s most well known breast stroke swimmers, she qualified to go to Athens Olympic Games. There she won a gold relay medal. At these games she also won a silver individual medal in the 100 metres breast stroke. A few weeks later she won six gold medals at the FINA Short Course Championships. She formally retired from the sport in November 2007.