Some of these power couples span multiple sports, while others compete in the same discipline — or even on the same team.
Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics. They bonded at a Para Nordic competition in 2013 over their love of coffee., delivered to your inbox for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
MILAN — Hundreds of incredible athletes are taking part in these Winter Games. And a number of them just happen to be dating — or engaged or married to — each other.Some participate in the same sports, as teammates or even opponents, while others come from different athletic backgrounds. Take U.S. Paralympians Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike, who both compete in several summer and winter sports. They first met at a Para Nordic competition in 2013, where they bonded over their love of coffee, before connecting on a deeper level at the 2014 Sochi Games. "We had a really special moment where we kind of realized on a gondola that this is more than just a friend — like a hug that spoke a thousand words kind of thing," Masters told NPR in October." realized, 'Oh my gosh, this is not just something like a small attraction here.'"publicly gone dress shopping — even bringing her two Paris 2024 gold medals with her — but they haven't announced a wedding date yet. They said they were considering getting married after the Paralympics in Italy, while their families are already gathered together. "In Italy would be a perfect way for our forever journey start together, because of skiing in the mountains," Masters said."But, then, you need to ask him, too — more — because he's doing nothing for the planning at all.""I made a joke one time like: I proposed, now it's your turn," he said with a laugh."And she will not let that go."Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe At the socially-distanced Beijing Games in 2022, Hilary Knight asked Brittany Bowe if she wanted to go for a walk. "That became our routine," said Bowe."We'd walk the Village after dinner and just talk. It was cool living in a bubble and not having outside distractions."It's the fifth for Knight, the women's hockey captain and all-time leading scorer for Team USA, and the fourth for Bowe, a two-time medalist in long-track speed skating. And this time, they're not isolated in a bubble. "It's always nice to be able to support Hilary, and when we can see each other's events," Bowe said after attending Knight's first match."Her family was there, my whole family was there. It just brings additional energy to the atmosphere."Bobsledders Kaysha Love and Hunter Powell celebrate after Love won a race in Lake Placid, N.Y., in March 2025. The couple is now engaged. Bobsled athletes Kaysha Love and Hunter Powell met when they were track and field stars at their respective colleges. Love switched to bobsled and made the 2022 Olympics, then urged Powell to do the same. "She convinced me to go to #SlideToGlory which I was very resistant to, but she talked me into it, and I'm so thankful that she did," Powell said from Cortina."It's the coolest thing in the world," Powell added."I'm travelling the world for the first time in my life, chasing the dream, with the woman I love and my best friend. It doesn't get cooler than that."Snowboarders Red Gerard and Hailey Langland at an event in 2023 at Park City, Utah. Snowboarders Red Gerard and Hailey Langland have known each other since they were 12, and have been in a relationship for the past eight years. They both competed at the Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018 — where Gerard won gold — and 2022 in Beijing. He is competing again this year. She's sidelined by an ACL injury, but staying with him and his parents in Italy.Evan Bates took Madison Chock on a date on her 16th birthday, though it didn't immediately lead to anything. Several years later, in 2011, they partnered up in ice dance. Six years later, Bates confessed his feelings.in 2018."Last year I told how I really felt and that changed things a lot." The two got engaged in 2022 and married in the summer of 2024 in Hawaii, where Chock's parents are from. Bates told NPR in October that while"the skating career is short and finite, the relationship is much, much longer." "We love what we do, but we also really love each other," Chock added."And we're able to take this passion and use it to foster our connection as a couple. And I think from that we've grown a lot through our sport, and that's been such a great teacher for us."have been partners on and off the ice since 2022.Marie-Philip Poulin, right, and Laura Stacey of Team Canada celebrate after winning the hockey gold medal match against Team United States.play together for the Montreal Victoire, and for Team Canada . They've been together since 2017 and married since 2024. are both skeleton racers, representing opposing teams . They're also newlyweds, having married less than a year ago after sparking up a relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic.met while playing together in the Swedish pro women's hockey league, before getting signed to separate teams in Canada. The now-fiances are playing for separate teams at the Olympics, too: Sweden and Finland. Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbriof Canada, Switzerland'sof Norway.
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