‘I was a dangerous person’: Casey Legler on life as a teenage Olympian – and raging alcoholic

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At 19, Legler broke the Olympic freestyle swimming record. But she was also an alcoholic and drug dealer who had suffered years of abuse from her trainers. She is surprised she is still alive, she says

One day, when she was a teenager, Casey Legler woke up with a hangover, then jumped into a pool and broke the Olympic freestyle swimming record. The year was 1996 and Legler was in Atlanta, a member of the French team, having a practice session as she awaited the Olympic finals the next day. Legler, at 6ft 2in, was built to swim. She had been groomed to be an Olympian from the age of 12.

 

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Such beautiful honesty. Thankyou

'We make all the freshmen drink 100 shots of vodka that night for hazing' Time frame for this? Definately werent playing the the centurian game..&even over a 4 or 5 hours someone Especially a female had to have had her sromach pumped

It's not going through that hell and committing crimes that defines you, it's making it right, putting it behind you, and becoming a stronger person for it. There will always be people that will use your past to hold you down, but if they want to live in your past, then good luck

Notice all the responses to this!? None thus far. Who the * is Casey Legler? The Guardian - loved you many years ago but you become less relevant by the day.

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