Issue: Spring 2017 | Posted: June 1, 2017
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Olympic champion Boudia speaks at Union Auxiliary event
After a lifetime spent in pursuit of his own glory, Olympic gold medalist David Boudia only found peace and contentment in surrendering his life to Christ.
“Out of our pride and our ignorance we try to build our lives without a creator that can supply everything to us,” Boudia said April 18 at Union University. “I began to see that this wasn’t all about me. … I was to fulfill my purpose of being a visible representation of an invisible God.”
Boudia was the keynote speaker at “Greater than Gold: An Evening with David Boudia,” a dinner hosted by the Union University Auxiliary in the Carl Grant Events Center. Earlier in the day, Boudia signed copies of his book, Greater than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption at the LifeWay Christian Store on the Union campus.
A three-time Olympic diver, Boudia won a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics in London in the men’s 10-meter platform event.