Sink or swim: Adversity- and growth-related experiences in Olympic swimming champions

To explore the adversity- and growth-related experiences of swimmers at the highest competitive level. Of particular interest was the transitional process that the swimmers progress through to positively transform their experiences. Eight autobiographies of Olympic swimming champions were sampled and analyzed. The books were written by four male and three female swimmers whose ages at the time of their Olympic swims ranged from 14 to 41 years (M...