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Courageous athlete: Margaret Hoelzer's story

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She has even taken some criticism for talking to the media - instead of just a therapist - about child sexual abuse. That doesn't bother her one bit. 'I'm not trying to be a celebrity,' she said. 'I'm just trying to put a face on this to help change things. I think I'm in a position to make a difference. This happened to me, and I went to the Olympics. If I can help just one child, it's worth talking about. Maybe some 8-year-old kid will read this and say, 'Yeah, I can get over this. I see light at the end of the tunnel.''
She has even taken some criticism for talking to the media - instead of just a therapist - about child sexual abuse. That doesn't bother her one bit. "I'm not trying to be a celebrity," she said. "I'm just trying to put a face on this to help change things. I think I'm in a position to make a difference. This happened to me, and I went to the Olympics. If I can help just one child, it's worth talking about. Maybe some 8-year-old kid will read this and say, 'Yeah, I can get over this. I see light at the end of the tunnel.'"
(Globe Staff Photo / Stan Grossfeld)
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