Wimbledon finalist reveals she played entire season and won Olympic bronze while receiving treatment for breast cancer
Share:
GABRIELA DABROWSKI has revealed that she has played through the 2024 season with breast cancer. The Wimbledon finalist shared her battle with a heartfelt post on social media. Dabrowski, 32, kept her diagnosis under wraps since she was told in April. The tennis ace said that she first detected a lump in early 2023 but was initially told that it was not a cause for concern.
![[Gabriela Dabrowski was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/d17a8d92-0a2d-489e-964d-dcf4e842dc01.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
However, a scan later in the year showed that she did have cancer. The world No.3 has insisted that she is "ok" in her post on Instagram for her 36.7k followers. She wrote: "I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am OK and I will be OK. Early detection saves lives.
![[She shared her battle on social media]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gaby-dabrowski-960758663.jpg?strip=all&w=769)
Dabrowski kept the diagnosis quiet and only told those closest to her in order to "figure everything out". The Canadian continued in her post to insist that she is sharing her news now as a way to help others. She added: "It all seems surreal. "Why am I sharing my story now? For a long time I wasn't ready to expose myself to the possible attention and questions I'd have gotten before.
![[She won the WTA Finals with Erin Routliffe in November]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/erin-routliffe-new-zealand-gabriela-960758401.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I wanted to figure everything out and handle things privately with only those closest to me in the loop. "There were so many unknowns and so much learning and research to be done. "Currently, I'm in a place where I have a better grasp of my treatment, side effects and how to manage them.
"My intentions in sharing some of my experience are to emphasise the quality of life one can maintain when cancer is detected early. "When you have access to doctors and other health care practitioners who are highly skilled and dedicated to their craft, when you take care of your mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing, and when you surround yourself with people who truly have your back (and your front).".
