10 Paralympic Athletes Who Are In Relationships With Other Paralympians Or Olympians

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Competing at the Paralympics has got to be one of the greatest experiences of an athlete's life — and some of them get to share that experience with someone who totally understands!

Here are 10 Paralympians who are currently in relationships with other Paralympic or Olympic athletes:

1. American Paralympic track and field athlete Hunter Woodhall married American Olympic track and field athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall in 2022.

2. Brazilian Paralympic badminton player Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira and Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player Edwarda Dias got engaged during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Rogerio proposed on the court after his match.

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3. Returning to Paris is extra meaningful for Team Great Britain Paralympic wheelchair basketball players Robyn Love and Laurie Williams because they got engaged under the Eiffel Tower in 2020.

4. Italian Paralympic swimmers Stefano Raimondi and Giulia Terzi welcomed their first child, Edoardo, on February 26, 2024. Their son has been watching them compete in Paris.

5. Nigerian Paralympic table tennis players Christiana Alabi and Kayode Alabi, who got married in 2022, are the first African couple to compete at the Games.

6. Team USA multi-sport athlete and current cyclist Oksana Masters and Team USA multi-sport athlete and current wheelchair racer Aaron Pike got engaged during a trip to the Grand Tetons in 2022.

7. Team Great Britain Paralympic rower Lauren Rowles is engaged to retired Team GB Paralympic basketball player Jude Hamer.

8. American Paralympic track and field athlete Kym Crosby married retired American Paralympic wheelchair racer Erik Hightower in 2018.

9. Indian Paralympic canoeists Prachi Yadav and Manish Kaurav got married in 2020.

10. And finally, British Paralympic wheelchair racers Hannah Cockroft and Nathan Maguire plan to get married as soon as they get home from Paris.

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