When I was young, I showed a lot of passion and competitiveness for swimming, as well as an interest in teamwork.After years passed, my ideals about swimming drastically changed. I do not care that much about the trophy's much anymore.
My father died when I was very young; my father was a swimmer who had dreamed of going to the Olympics but had to give-up his goal and become a fisherman. Due to a tragic incident (a storm), my father drowned three kilometers off the coast along with the rest of his crew. I have very few memories of my father and cannot even recall what he looked like, as my father would be gone for days while out fishing. I decided to try and become an Olympic swimmer because I believed that by following this path, I would be able to see my father's face.
I always put my swimming goggles on in the same way my father did (by pulling the strap back and letting it snap back onto the back of my swim cap). I joined the Iwatobi Swimming Club prior to leaving for Australia because that was my father's old club, where my father and his teammates had won the relay. I wanted to make a team and win the relay to emulate my father as I started down the path of becoming an Olympic swimmer. One day I know I will reach my dream!
My father died when I was very young; my father was a swimmer who had dreamed of going to the Olympics but had to give-up his goal and become a fisherman. Due to a tragic incident (a storm), my father drowned three kilometers off the coast along with the rest of his crew. I have very few memories of my father and cannot even recall what he looked like, as my father would be gone for days while out fishing. I decided to try and become an Olympic swimmer because I believed that by following this path, I would be able to see my father's face.
I always put my swimming goggles on in the same way my father did (by pulling the strap back and letting it snap back onto the back of my swim cap). I joined the Iwatobi Swimming Club prior to leaving for Australia because that was my father's old club, where my father and his teammates had won the relay. I wanted to make a team and win the relay to emulate my father as I started down the path of becoming an Olympic swimmer. One day I know I will reach my dream!
