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СпутникиРНSpaceXРоскосмосNASALove Island's Laura Crane overcomes an eating disorder and sepsis to make history in the British surfing world, the BBC reported on Tuesday
She competed on Love Island in 2018.
And now Laura Crane has overcome an eating disorder and sepsis to be the first British woman to surf the 60-foot waves in Nazare, Portugal.
Laura, 29, finished the fourth series of Love Island in sixth place with Jack Fowler but the couple split two months later.
She began surfing in her native North Devon at the age of 12 and moved to France at 15 to further pursue the sport, and then Australia.
Over 10 years of brutal training later, she told the BBC of her latest achievement: 'To be the first British female to surf there was a really nice feeling, and I hope that it inspires other young female British athletes in their sports, too.'
Love Island star Laura Crane has become the first British woman to surf the 60-foot waves in Nazare, Portugal
Laura, 29, finished the fourth series of Love Island in sixth place with Jack Fowler but the couple split two months later
She is now the first British woman to surf the 60-foot waves in Nazare, Portugal and encourages others to not turn their back on their own metaphorical waves (pictured in March)
She continued: 'I've doubted myself a lot in the years, and whether that's through society telling me that I couldn't do these things, or not.
'Wherever your 60ft wave is, you can get it if you don't turn your back on it and you don't allow somebody else to tell you that you can't achieve it. You've just got to have enough fight in you to keep going.'
In 2018, Laura opened up about her five-year battle with bulimia after quitting professional surfing.
She revealed the eating disorder left her feeling 'out of control' but she admitted she managed to get her 'life back' once she found happiness.
Laura told Stab magazine at the time: 'I became bulimic at 16. I was 21 when I got better. I'm 23 now. Sooo much healthier!
'Mentally and physically. An eating disorder is a mental illness. It f**ks you up in the head and it shows.
'You can’t control things and when you feel that out of control, it becomes the only thing you have control over. So you just hang onto it. It’s hard to let go, but once you do you get your life back.'
In 2019, Laura was admitted to hospital with sepsis, also known as septicaemia or blood poisoning.
Laura appeared on Lorraine, where she explained that doctors had initially suspected that a kidney infection was the cause of her pain.
Laura shared in 2018: 'I became bulimic at 16. I was 21 when I got better. I'm 23 now. Sooo much healthier! (pictured in March)
In 2019, Laura was admitted to hospital with sepsis, also known as septicaemia or blood poisoning, after a cyst on her ovaries got infected (pictured in March)
Laura took the illness as her body physically rejecting her new life in London as a television personality - and she returned to surfing (pictured in March)
She said: 'That's what they first thought - they treated me for that. They thought it was a kidney infection, and it was actually a cyst on my ovaries that got infected.
'I didn't realise how ill I was. I had this crazy high temp and my heart literally felt like it was coming through my T-shirt.'
Laura took the illness as her body physically rejecting her new life in London as a television personality - and she returned to surfing.
If you are struggling with an eating disorder, please visit www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk