ITF

Dear friends, colleagues, past and future Olympians and Paralympians An important milestone in the history of tennis was our return to the Olympic Games at Seoul 1988. This was a controversial move at the time and for several Games after, as tennis sought to find its place in the Olympics, and the Olympics to find its place in tennis. The Olympic effect has brought 64 additional nations into the ITF family and increased the number of nations competing at the highest level by about 40 percent. This book, My Life, My Medal, takes a look at the medallists from Seoul through London 2012 and they share their stories of how the Olympics affected their lives. We have also included many of our Paralympic medallists, starting with Barcelona 1992, who share their stories with us as well. This book was inspired by Tim Mayotte, who won a silver medal in Seoul, and who lists 'Olympic medallist' as his top achievement on his Twitter page 28 years later. This made us want to know how other tennis Olympians and Paralympians viewed their achievement. It is gratifying for all of us at the ITF who love the Olympics and Paralympics to have received so much support for this project. We chose to show the Olympians as they are today with original photography by some of the world's great tennis photographers. You can read in their own words how important the Olympics have been, and continue to be, in their lives. David Haggerty PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION

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