List of international marriages among Olympic and Paralympic competitors

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This is a list of known transnational marriages between athletes who competed for different countries in the Olympic Games and/or the Paralympic Games. Medal counts before 2022 are also listed. Nationality is defined as the flag under which they competed.

International Olympic couples[]

Same sex marriages[]

Spouse 1 Spouse 2 Reference/Notes
Nat. Name Sport Medals Nat. Name Sport Medals
G Tot. G Tot.
Canada Gillian Apps Ice hockey 3 3 United States Meghan Duggan Ice hockey 1 3 [1]
Canada Jayna Hefford Ice hockey 4 5 United States Kathleen Kauth Ice hockey 1
Canada Caroline Ouellette Ice hockey 4 4 United States Julie Chu Ice hockey 4
Spain Miriam Blasco Judo 1 1 United Kingdom Nicola Fairbrother Judo 1 [2]
New Zealand Kirsty Yallop Football Australia Tameka Yallop Football [3]

Other marriages[]

Husband Wife Reference/Notes
Nat. Name Sport Medals Nat. Name Sport Medals
G Tot. G Tot.
Armenia Aghvan Grigoryan Weightlifting Russia Yelena Yelesina Athletics 1 1 [4]
Australia Andrew Hoy Equestrian 3 6 Germany Bettina Hoy Equestrian 1 Divorced[5]
Australia Mathew Belcher Sailing 2 3 Germany Friederike Belcher Sailing [6]
Austria Harti Weirather Alpine skiing Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Alpine skiing 2 4 Parents of Olympian Tina Weirather[7]
Barbados Obadele Thompson Athletics 1 United States Marion Jones Athletics Stripped [8]
Belgium Kevin Van der Perren Figure skating United Kingdom Jenna McCorkell Figure skating [9]
Belgium Axel Cruysberghs Skateboarding Finland Lizzie Armanto Skateboarding [10]
Bermuda Tyrone Smith Athletics United States Sandi Morris Athletics 1 [11]
Brazil Gustavo Borges Swimming 4 Spain Bárbara Franco Swimming [12]
Brazil Robert Scheidt Sailing 2 5 Lithuania Gintarė Volungevičiūtė Sailing 1 [13]
Bulgaria Velko Velev Athletics Soviet Union Faina Melnik Athletics 1 1 Divorced[14]
Bulgaria Andrian Dushev Canoeing 1 Serbia and Montenegro
Hungary		 Natasa Dusev-Janics Canoeing 3 6 [15]
Canada Ed Wild Basketball Australia Denise O'Brien Fencing [16]
Canada Edrick Floréal Athletics United States LaVonna Martin Athletics 1 [17]
Canada Jason Tunks Athletics United States Teri Steer Athletics Divorced
Netherlands Lieja Tunks-Koeman Athletics [18]
Canada Michael Barry Cycling United States Dede Barry Cycling 1 [19]
Chile Gert Weil Athletics Colombia Ximena Restrepo Athletics 1 [20]
China Xu Xiaoming Curling South Korea Kim Ji-sun Curling [21]
Chinese Taipei Chiang Hung-chieh Table tennis Japan Ai Fukuhara Table tennis 2 Divorced[22]
Commonwealth of Independent States Denis Petrov Figure skating 1 China Chen Lu Figure skating 2 [23]
Denmark Allan Bentsen Table tennis Croatia Eldijana Aganović Table tennis [24]
Egypt Amro El Geziry Modern pentathlon United States Isabella Isaksen Modern pentathlon [25]
Estonia Maicel Uibo Athletics The Bahamas Shaunae Miller Athletics 1 1 [26]
France Simon Munyutu Athletics Kenya Martha Komu Athletics Both grew up in Kenya
France Alexandre Guyader Sailing Spain Marina Alabau Sailing 1 1 [27]
France Erwann Le Péchoux Fencing 1 2 Tunisia Inès Boubakri Fencing 1 [28]
Germany Jan Frodeno Triathlon 1 1 Australia Emma Snowsill Triathlon 1 1 [29]
Greece Lefteris Fafalis C.C. skiing Germany Viola Bauer C.C. skiing [30]
Hungary István Hernek Canoeing 1 United States Mary Ann DuChai Canoeing [31]
Italy Ivano Camozzi Alpine skiing Switzerland Michela Figini Alpine skiing 1 2 Divorced.[32]
Italy Pasquale Camerlengo Figure skating Russia Anzhelika Krylova Figure skating 1 Divorced[33]
Italy Gianni Iapichino Athletics United Kingdom Fiona May Athletics 2 Parents of Larissa Iapichino. Divorced.[34]
Italy Simone Collio Athletics Bulgaria Ivet Lalova-Collio Athletics [35]
Kazakhstan Gennadiy Chernovol Athletics Russia Anna Chicherova Athletics 1 1 [36]
Malaysia Choong Tan Fook Badminton China Zhang Jiewen Badminton 1 1 [37]
Monaco Albert II, Prince of Monaco Bobsleigh South Africa Charlene Wittstock Swimming
Netherlands Erik de Bruin Athletics Republic of Ireland Michelle Smith Swimming 3 4
Netherlands Gerard Kemkers Speed skating 1 Italy Elke Felicetti Speed skating
Netherlands Teun de Nooijer Field hockey 2 4 Germany Philippa Suxdorf Field hockey [38]
Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating 1 3 United States Heather Bergsma Speed skating 1 [39]
New Zealand Jonathan Wyatt Athletics Italy Antonella Confortola C.C. skiing 1
Norway Halvard Hanevold Biathlon 3 6 Canada Sandra Keith Biathlon [40]
Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Biathlon 8 13 Italy Nathalie Santer Biathlon Divorced
Belarus Darya Domracheva Biathlon 4 6
Norway Ola Vigen Hattestad C.C. skiing 1 1 Slovenia Katja Višnar C.C. skiing
Portugal João Monteiro Table tennis Romania Daniela Dodean Table tennis [41]
Portugal Tiago Apolónia Table tennis Germany Zhenqi Barthel Table tennis [42]
Russia Ilia Chernousov C.C. skiing 1 Switzerland Selina Gasparin Biathlon 1 [43]
South Africa Gert Potgieter Athletics Germany Renate Junker Athletics [44]
South Korea Ahn Jae-hyung Table tennis 1 China Jiao Zhimin Table tennis 2 Parents of Olympic golfer An Byeong-hun[45]
Sweden Gösta Johansson Ice hockey Germany Gundi Busch Figure skating
Sweden Bo Gustafsson Athletics 1 Italy Ileana Salvador Athletics They had two daughters. Divorced.[46]
Switzerland Andi Schwaller Curling 1 Germany Heike Wieländer Curling
Turkey Bahri Tanrıkulu Taekwondo 1 Australia Tina Morgan Taekwondo
Ukraine Denys Hotfrid Weightlifting 1 Georgia (country) Anastasiia Hotfrid Weightlifting [47]
United Kingdom Neil Adams Judo 2 Canada Niki Jenkins Judo
United Kingdom Christopher Dean Figure skating 1 2 France Isabelle Duchesnay Figure skating 1 Divorced
United States Jill Trenary Figure skating
United Kingdom Richard Fox Canoeing France Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi Canoeing 1 Parents of Olympian Jessica Fox[48]
United States Hal Connolly Athletics 1 1 Czechoslovakia Olga Fikotová Athletics 1 1 Divorced[49]
United States Larry Damon C.C. skiing Norway Babben Enger-Damon C.C. skiing 1 1 [50]
United States Mike Teti Rowing 1 Canada Kay Worthington Rowing 2 2 [51]
United States Pete Pfitzinger Athletics New Zealand Christine Pfitzinger Athletics [52]
United States Bart Conner Gymnastics 2 2 Romania Nadia Comăneci Gymnastics 5 9 [53]
United States Rocky Marval Figure skating Canada Isabelle Brasseur Figure skating 2 [54]
United States Justin Wadsworth C.C. skiing Canada Beckie Scott C.C. skiing 1 2 [55]
United States James Haley Modern pentathlon Hungary Henrietta Ónodi Gymnastics 1 2 [56]
United States Beach volleyball Brazil Ana Paula Connelly Volleyball 1 [57]
United States Andre Agassi Tennis 1 1 Germany Steffi Graf Tennis 1 3 [58]
United States John Zimmerman Figure skating Italy Silvia Fontana Figure skating [59]
United States Marcus Nash C.C. skiing Czech Republic Kateřina Nash C.C. skiing
Cycling		 [60]
United States Jamie Nieto Athletics Jamaica Shevon Nieto Athletics [61]
United States Matthew Emmons Shooting 1 3 Czech Republic Kateřina Emmons Shooting 1 3 [62]
United States Tim Burke Biathlon Germany Andrea Henkel Biathlon 2 4 [63]
United States Jonathan Cheever Snowboarding Austria Maria Ramberger Snowboarding [64]
United States Jeff Porter Athletics United Kingdom Tiffany Porter Athletics [65]
United States Ashton Eaton Athletics 2 2 Canada Brianne Theisen-Eaton Athletics 1 [66]
Uzbekistan Vitaliy Smirnov Athletics Russia Tatyana Chernova Athletics Both grew up in Russia

International Olympic-Paralympic couples[]

Husband Wife Reference/Notes
Nat. Name Sport Medals Nat. Name Sport Medals
G Tot. G Tot.
Australia Evan O'Hanlon Para Athletics 5 6 Czech Republic Zuzana Schindlerová Athletics [67]

International Paralympic couples[]

Same sex marriages[]

Spouse 1 Spouse 2 Reference/Notes
Nat. Name Sport Medals Nat. Name Sport Medals
G Tot. G Tot.
Germany Mareike Miller Basketball 1 2 United States Desiree Miller Basketball 1 1 [68]

Other marriages[]

Husband Wife Reference/Notes
Nat. Name Sport Medals Nat. Name Sport Medals
G Tot. G Tot.
Australia Scott Reardon Athletics 1 2 Germany Vanessa Low Athletics 1 2 [69]
Canada Shawn Matheson Sledge hockey 1 3 Japan Miki Matsue Sledge racing 3 4 [70]
China Cao Ningning Table tennis 2 3 South Korea Moon Sung-hye Table tennis 3 [71]
Germany Volleyball 1 United States Michelle Gerlosky Volleyball 1 [72]
Netherlands Basketball 1 2 Australia Donna Ritchie Basketball 1 [73]
United Kingdom Basketball 1 Spain Basketball [74]
United States Alpine skiing 2 Germany Reinhild Möller Alpine skiing
Athletics		 19 23 [75]
United States Roderick Green Athletics 3 Germany Katrin Green Athletics 1 2 [76]

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