Layne Beachley has 明らかにする/漏らすd her father Neil has been 診断するd with dementia.

The 伝説の surfer, 51, 明らかにする/漏らすd the heartbreaking family news on her Instagram page this month.

と一緒に a photo of her and Neil beaming at the camera, Layne wrote: 'My dear old dad is 戦う/戦いing dementia but still has the capacity to smile, laugh and enjoy life's simple 楽しみs.?

'As a family we kept him in his familiar surroundings for as long as possible until moving him out of his Manly home late last year, which 速く 衝撃d his memory.'

Beachley 追加するd she had recently taken her dad for a visit to Manly Life Saving Club, of which he had been a lifelong member, and was 圧倒するd to see a (人が)群がる show up to support him.

Layne Beachley has revealed her father Neil has been diagnosed with dementia. The legendary surfer, 51, revealed the heartbreaking family news on her Instagram page this month

L ayne Beachley has 明らかにする/漏らすd her father Neil has been 診断するd with dementia. The 伝説の surfer, 51, 明らかにする/漏らすd the heartbreaking family news on her Instagram page this month?

The Sydney-born 競技者 told this week's New Idea magazine her 激しく揺する 星/主役にする husband Kirk Pengilly, 65, was helping her through this difficult time.

In 2020,?Beachley spoke about how 存在 可決する・採択するd 押し進めるd her to 勝利,勝つ seven world 選手権 肩書を与えるs.

When she was just eight years old, the man Beachley thought was her 生物学の father broke the news she was not 血-関係のある and was put up for 採択 as a baby.

Her 生物学の mother was a 17-year-old aspiring model, living in Sydney from Glasgow, who was date-強姦d by a modelling 機関 従業員.?

Appearing on ABC's Anh's 小衝突 With Fame, Beachley said 審理,公聴会 the news just a year after her adoptive mother died made her feel 'worthless'.

'The more he spoke and the more 慰安ing he was, the bigger the couch grew and the more it swallowed me. I started feeling worthless,' the 支持する/優勝者 surfer said.

The Sydney-born athlete told this week's New Idea magazine her rock star husband Kirk Pengilly, 65, was helping her through this difficult time

The Sydney-born 競技者 told this week's New Idea magazine her 激しく揺する 星/主役にする husband Kirk Pengilly, 65, was helping her through this difficult time?

In 2020, Beachley spoke about how being adopted pushed her to win seven world championship titles

In 2020, Beachley spoke about how 存在 可決する・採択するd 押し進めるd her to 勝利,勝つ seven world 選手権 肩書を与えるs??

'存在 拒絶するd by our own mother...you just feel like, "Hang on, I wasn't deserving of my own mother' s love who whose am I deserving of?".'

Beachley, who began surfing at Sydney's northern beaches, made a 協定/条約 with herself that day to become a world 支持する/優勝者 - and 始める,決める her sights on professional surfing.

She later married INXS saxophonist Kirk Pengilly in October 2010, and she credits him with helping her through some difficult times.

The couple first met?in Sydney's Dee Why on the Northern Beaches 20 years ago after 約束ing 相互の friend Jon Stevens they would go on a date.