The Olympic couples scoring gold in game of love - from Italian sports stars who won medals just minutes apart to a photo-finish proposal

For immoderate athletes, nan 2024 Olympics is simply a spot of a emotion matter - because they're competing alongside their partners.

That's right, a slew of sports stars and their important others are some going for golden astatine nan Games successful Paris.

Take American fencers Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt, for example. 

They fell successful emotion aft bonding astatine nan Tokyo Olympics 3 years ago, and now, they're some in France to compete for Team USA.

But others aren't moreover representing nan aforesaid country, like British tennis pro Katie Boulter and Australian tennis subordinate Alex De Minaur.

And while 1 mightiness deliberation that trying to execute golden for different countries whitethorn origin hostility successful their romance, they person surely proved otherwise. 

Whether they're competing for nan aforesaid squad aliases not, these couples could not beryllium much supportive of 1 another, and their emotion stories person captured viewers each crossed nan globe.

From nan brace who won medals conscionable minutes isolated from 1 different to nan lovers who exchanged rings astatine nan decorativeness statement of a title - present are each nan couples who are competing astatine nan 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris.

Katie Boulter and Alex De Minaur 

British pro Katie and Australian Alex, who person been making love for much than 4 years, some competed successful nan Olympics this twelvemonth for their respective countries.

However, Alex, 25, was trim from nan Games early on after he and his doubles partner mislaid their first information against Team USA rivals Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.

As for Katie, 28, she made it a small farther but yet lost, on pinch her partner, Heather Watson, against Italian duo Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini connected Thursday.

Katie and Alex first started making love successful March 2020 after they ran into each different while some staying astatine nan aforesaid hotel.

Katie told The Sydney Morning Herald that she had heard a small astir Alex done communal friends, and decided to attack him aft she saw him successful nan lobby.

'We bumped into each different astatine six successful nan greeting and ended up getting a coffee,' she recalled. 

They instantly deed it disconnected arsenic she added, 'From that moment, I knew I was successful it for nan agelong haul.'

Soon aft they sewage together, however, nan COVID-19 pandemic forced them to beryllium physically isolated arsenic they were locked down successful different countries. 

But that didn't extremity their enslaved from increasing moreover stronger. 

'I was successful Spain nether location apprehension and she was successful nan UK, truthful we had months of talking connected FaceTime,' Alex explained.

'I deliberation I realized this was becoming thing typical erstwhile I recovered myself wanting to talk to her each nan time.

'Her companionship was thing I'd been looking for: it gave maine a consciousness of peace.'

Since then, nan 2 person been branded arsenic 1 of tennis' apical 'power couples,' and they're often seen supporting 1 different astatine their matches. 

Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina

Husband and woman Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina both headed to Paris to conflict for golden medals for their countries.

The French and Ukrainian stars started making love successful 2019, but announced that they were splitting successful early 2021.

At nan time, Gael, 37, wrote connected his Instagram Stories that while they 'still had emotion for each other,' they realized they needed 'some space.'

'It's conscionable 2 champion friends realizing it's clip to return immoderate abstraction and thief each different unrecorded nan astir joyous, fulfilled lives arsenic possible,' he said.

But Gael and Elina, 29, quickly sewage backmost together and yet walked down nan aisle successful July 2021.

They welcomed a small girl, named Skai, successful October 2022.

Gael opened up astir parenthood past twelvemonth and heaped praise connected his wife.

'She's a awesome mother. That's first. People want to put tennis first but I deliberation she's a awesome mother first,' he gushed.

'This is nan astir important for maine arsenic her hubby because of people we are a tennis mates but life is beyond our sport.'

He has besides opened up astir nan difficulties of having to beryllium distant from his girl owed to his career. 

'It's hard. I'm going to Dubai adjacent week truthful it'll beryllium 4 weeks... that I haven't seen her and it's a agelong clip astatine that property erstwhile she discovers tons of things,' he said. 

'We're very fortunate that FaceTime exists, but it doesn't switch anything... Tennis is cool, but I miss my daughter... It's a challenge.'

Elina grounded to make it to nan quarter-finals aft she mislaid to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova astatine nan 2024 Olympics, while Gael mislaid to Italy's Lorenzo Musetti up of nan semi-finals.

Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall

After tying nan knot astir 2 years ago, American way stars Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall person embarked connected possibly 1 of nan biggest adventures successful their matrimony truthful far: competing connected nan world shape together. 

Hunter, 25, a double-amputee sprinter and three-time Paralympic medalist, and Tara, 25, a world title golden and metallic medalist, are participating successful nan 2024 Paralympics and Olympics for Team USA.

The 2 met backmost successful 2017 erstwhile they were some successful precocious schoolhouse and facing disconnected against 1 different successful a way meet.

'I was warming up and I spotted Hunter and I was like, "Oh, that feline is cute,"' Tara antecedently told Good Morning America.

'I didn't cognize who he was but I went up to him arsenic he was coming disconnected nan way aft his title and gave him a hug and we started talking.'

'I was like, "Damn, that girl's fine. I'm gonna wed that girl,"' he recalled connected YouTube.

The brace kept successful touch and yet started dating, and they've been happily successful emotion ever since. 

And while it's their first clip arsenic a joined couple, this isn't their first clip competing astatine nan Games arsenic they some wowed astatine nan Tokyo Games; Tara placed successful sixth and Hunter took location a bronze medal.

Weeks later, he sewage down connected 1 knee and proposed, and they became hubby and woman successful October 2022.

Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt

The Olympics person been a immense portion of American fencers Lee and Gerek's romance, arsenic it was what initially brought them together.

They grew adjacent aft competing together astatine nan London Olympics successful 2012, and much than a decade later, they some returned to spell for golden astatine nan 2024 Games successful Paris.

And Lee, 30, has already achieved conscionable that, earning a golden badge connected Monday for nan 2nd clip successful a row.

The men's squad foil will return spot connected Sunday, truthful only clip will show if Gerek, 34, will get a badge too.

After Lee's win, Gerek couldn't extremity gushing complete her online, writing, 'My unthinkable woman is simply a back-to-back Olympic champion. 

'Words can't definitive really proud I americium of her... I knew she could do it. She knew she could do it. 

'But really doing nan damn thing, and moreover, doing it 2 times, successful 2 wholly different environments… Just truthful proud and grateful to beryllium a portion of it.'

While discussing their romance with LA Times past month, Lee explained that they she developed a 'crush' connected Gerek aft bonding astatine nan 2012 Games.

'I started crushing connected Gerek. Yeah, it was me, I made nan first move,' she shared.

They started making love soon after, and wed successful July 2019.

'She pushes maine successful ways to thief maine retired of my comfortableness zone, her strength inspires me,' Gerek antecedently gushed to Team USA.

'And I effort to thief her find nan equilibrium of not overdoing things. It's astir reaching your potential, and I deliberation we bring a batch to each different successful different ways.' 

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield 

American way star Noah Lyles, who has been dubbed arsenic nan world's fastest man, traveled to Paris for nan 2024 Olympics pinch his girlfriend, Jamaican runner Junelle Bromfield.

The 2 sports stars, who some took location Olympic medals successful nan past, are some competing astatine this year's arena for their respective countries.

They started making love successful August 2022, but person kept their romance comparatively backstage since then.

Rossella Fiamingo and Gregorio Paltrinieri 

Italian fencer Rossella Fiamingo and Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri took 'couple goals' to different level erstwhile they some won medals astatine nan 2024 Olympics successful Paris minutes apart.

He took location bronze connected Wednesday, and conscionable 15 minutes later, she snagged a golden badge successful her sport.

Gregorio, 29, still has 2 much races to go, and while Rossella, 33, missed his first because of her ain event, she promised she would beryllium successful nan crowd cheering him connected during nan rest.

'He still has much opportunities to triumph medals and I will beryllium present to watch each of them,' she said.

'I'm connected vacation now and I will beryllium supporting him. I will effort to support him calm and make him bask everything. He's successful bully style and I dream for nan champion for him.'

They started making love successful 2021 aft they met astatine nan Tokyo Olympics, and they're now gearing up to get married.

She antecedently told Olympics.com that watching Gregorio compete is arsenic 'exciting' to her arsenic it is erstwhile she's 'the 1 competing.' 

Lara Vadlau and Lea Schüller

German shot player Lea Schüller is making her Olympic debut astatine nan 2024 games, while her girlfriend, Austrian sailor Lara Vadlau, is returning for nan 3rd time.

The women first confirmed that they were making love backmost successful 2021, and they've been unfastened astir really some being sports stars has its benefits - and its antagonistic aspects.

Lea, 26, antecedently admitted that their engaged schedules often mean they spell days without seeing each other.

'We often only spot each different for 3 to 5 days astatine a time. It's a spot for illustration a long-distance relationship,' she said.

'Not because we unrecorded successful different places - we unrecorded together successful Munich - it's conscionable 1 of america is ever away.'

However, Lara, 30, explained that being athletes intends they some person an 'understanding' of really overmuch dedication it takes to execute their dreams.

'I find it really adjuvant because some of america understand what you person to do for your sport,' she said.

The German shot squad was unluckily eliminated from nan Olympics earlier this week aft losing to Team USA; Lara is group to compete connected Saturday.

João Chianca and Luana Silva 

Brazilian surfers João Chianca, 23, and Luana Silva, 20, are some competing astatine nan 2024 Olympics.

But they're not successful Paris arsenic those events are being held at Teahupo'o connected nan land of Tahiti.

While it's unclear erstwhile precisely they started dating, they posted their first photograph together online successful November 2023. 

Both João and Luana are presently successful first spot successful nan men and women's surfing title pinch respective scores of 10.07 and 7.27.

Gabriella Willems and Christian Parlati 

When Gabriella Willems and Christian Parlati recovered retired they'd some beryllium astatine nan 2024 Olympics, they described it arsenic a 'dream travel true.'

Belgian judo practitioner Gabriella, 27, antecedently told Olympics.com, 'We've supported each different for 7 years, and sharing this infinitesimal is simply a dream travel true.

'Hopefully, [it] will beryllium a happy time filled pinch tears of joyousness for some of us.' 

Unfortunately, Italian judoka Christian, 26, mislaid early connected to American John Jayne, while Gabriella won bronze. 

Dominik Černý and Hana Burzalová 

Slovakian title walkers Dominik Černý and Hana Burzalová antecedently made headlines successful August 2023 erstwhile Dominik, 26, proposed to Hana, 23, moments aft she vanished competing.

Hana was conscionable crossing nan decorativeness statement of a 35km locomotion erstwhile she spotted her fellow - who'd conscionable completed nan aforesaid region successful nan men's arena - down connected 1 knee.

Fortunately, she had capable activity near aft her exertions successful nan title to opportunity 'yes' to her partner's proposal, and nan romanticist infinitesimal quickly captured nan internet. 

When asked astir their wedding plans afterwards, Dominik admitted that they hadn't started nan process yet - but joked that they whitethorn necktie nan knot successful concealed up of nan 2024 Olympics.

'Maybe we will determine only 2 days successful advance. We for illustration to do random things,' he dished. 

'At nan Paris Olympics possibly we will commencement arsenic nan Cerny family - possibly successful nan caller event, nan title locomotion relay.'

This week, they some competed astatine nan 2024 Olympics, but neither of them sewage a medal. It doesn't look arsenic though they wed earlier nan event.

Jasmine Moore and Joseph Fahnbulleh 

Team USA agelong jumper Jasmine Moore and Liberian-American sprinter Joseph Fahnbulleh fell successful emotion aft gathering astatine nan Olympic Village during nan 2020 Games successful Tokyo, and now, they're some fighting for golden astatine nan 2024 Games.

'Our finals are connected nan aforesaid night, for agelong jump and nan 200-meter. So I'm like, "Lord, please, let’s conscionable some get medals that day,"' Jasmine, 23, told People magazine.

Jasmine competes again connected Saturday and Joseph will return to nan way connected Monday.

While reflecting connected their romance to nan publication, she recalled bonding pinch Joseph, 22, astatine nan past Olympics.

She explained that she was preparing to commencement studying astatine nan University of Florida astatine nan time, while Joseph was already a student there.

'We knew of each different [because] track's a mini world. I was like, "OK, I cognize that he goes to Florida, and I'm going there, and I cognize nary 1 other here,"' she explained.

'We hung retired successful Tokyo nan full time, and past erstwhile I sewage to Florida, we hung out. And now we're dating.'

Manon Apithy-Brunet and Boladé Apithy 

When French fencer Manon Apithy-Brunet, 28, won golden astatine nan 2024 Olympics, hubby Boladé Apithy, 38, bolted to nan mat, jumped into her arms, and lifted her up supra his head.

The saccharine relationship was captured by cameras and near viewers crossed nan globe successful awe.

It was a successful week for nan pair, arsenic Bolade earned his ain badge aft nan men's French fencing squad took location bronze. 

The 2 joined successful October 2021 and person competed astatine 2 Olympics together earlier this.