Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski made history by winning the WTA Finals and an Olympic bronze medal, all while battling breast cancer. She shared her diagnosis publicly on Tuesday, encouraging early detection.
Doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski made history in November when she became the first Canadian to win the WTA Finals event, three months after capturing an Olympic bronze medal. But what no one knew was that Dabrowski accomplished all of this while battling breast cancer , a diagnosis she received in mid-April. Gabriela Dabrowski , left, and doubles partner Erin Routliffe, right, won the WTA Finals in November.
Dabrowski revealed on Tuesday that she played a historic season after a breast cancer diagnosis in mid-April. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)Canadian doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski made history in November when she became the first Canadian to win the WTA Finals alongside her partner, New Zealand's Erin Routliffe. It came just a few months after the Ottawa's native captured a mixed doubles bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics with Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal. But what no one knew was that Dabrowski accomplished all of this while battling breast cancer, a diagnosis she received in mid-April. The 32-year-old shared her diagnosis for the first time on Tuesday in an Instagram post, with the hope of emphasizing the life you can continue to live if the illness is detected early. 'I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am okay and I will be okay,' Dabrowski wrote in the post. 'Early detection saves lives. I can wholeheartedly agree with this.' Dabrowski was named Tennis Canada's women's doubles player of the year for 2024. Ranked third in the world in doubles, her season culminated with the historic WTA Finals win in Saudi Arabia in November.CBC Sports' Brittany MacLean chats with Gabriela Dabrowski about her historic 2024 season, including becoming the first Canadian to win the WTA Finals, earning Olympic bronze in mixed doubles, and her journey as a tennis trailblaze
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