From the Podium to the Aisle: The Olympians Who got Engaged in Paris!

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Several Olympians made their time in Paris that much more special by opting to take the excitement from the podium to the aisle! Here are the athletes who added wedding bells to victory cries:

 

Global (16 August, 2024)—Amid the many famed perfumes that hail from Paris, the most popular scent known for perfuming the air in France’s Capital is love. After all, Paris is nothing if not the City of Lights—especially those that glow in our hearts for another. For a handful of Olympians, love competed with podium moments at the recently concluded Paris Olympic Games, with the news that several athletes decided to get engaged and begin their new aisle dreams.

According to multiple sources, the number of proposals that took place was its own record for the Olympics. Some athletes decided to get down on one knee after standing tall on the podium. Others were met with congrats and proposals from their non-competing partners after their moments in the sun. And others were couples competing for wins simultaneously who chose to make a victory of love all their own.

Here are the athletes that were inspired to take their relationships from the Games to the aisle!

  • America’s Justin Best (a gold-winning rower) who got down on one knee after claiming his victory:

  • American shot put athlete Payton Otterdahl who decided it was time to start wedding planning:

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  • Argentina’s handball team player Pablo Simonet proposed to women’s hockey’s Maria Campoy in the first Olympic Village proposal:

  • China’s Huang Ya Qiong (a gold-winning badminton player) who got engaged to fellow badminton star Liu Chen in a moment that stole the world’s hearts:

  • France’s Alice Finot (a world record-breaking walker) who proposed to her love:

  • French Skiff Sailors Sarah Steyaert and Charline Picon added engagement rings to their bronze medal wins after their victory as their partners proposed to the duo!

Sources: X
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Ashleigh Nefdt is a writer for Good Things Guy.

Ashleigh's favourite stories have always seen the hidden hero (without the cape) come to the rescue. As a journalist, her labour of love is finding those everyday heroes and spotlighting their spark - especially those empowering women, social upliftment movers, sustainability shakers and creatives with hearts of gold. When she's not working on a story, she's dedicated to her canvas or appreciating Mother Nature.

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