How did tuberculosis change Albert Camus’s education and athletic career?

Tuberculosis significantly impacted Albert Camus’s life, forcing him to abandon his athletic pursuits and repeatedly disrupting his academic path.

In 1930, Camus suffered the first of several severe attacks of tuberculosis. This illness effectively ended his promising sporting career, which had included a great enthusiasm for football, swimming, and boxing. Additionally, the disease forced him to leave his home and interrupted his studies at the University of Algiers.1

Later, while pursuing his agrégation—a qualification necessary for a university teaching career—another bout of tuberculosis cut his candidacy short. To recover his health, he was required to travel to a resort in the French Alps, marking his first visit to Europe.1