James Magnussen, a former Australian swimming star and Olympic medallist, is celebrating a distinct kind of victory following the Paris Video games, having just lately gotten engaged to longtime associate Rose McEvoy (no relation to swimmer Cam).
Magnussen popped the query to McEvoy after 10 years collectively, proposing on a waterside dock whereas on trip in Croatia with a handful of family and friends round to seize the second.
Magnussen and McEvoy each shared a video of the candy second to their social media accounts.
The couple’s relationship first turned public again in 2014, when Magnussen was a 23-year-old world champion swimmer and McEvoy was a 21-year-old regulation scholar and part-time mannequin. They’re believed to have met by way of mutual swimming acquaintances in addition to McEvoy’s father, who was a physiotherapist.
Magnussen burst onto the worldwide swimming scene in 2011 when he received the 100-meter freestyle on the World Championships in Shanghai at simply 20-years-old; his achievement made him the primary Australian male swimmer to ever change into the world champion in that occasion.
A sprinting powerhouse, Magnussen was dubbed “the Missile” by the swimming neighborhood. Over the course of his swimming profession, he turned a two-time world champion within the 100 free and earned an Olympic silver medal in the identical occasion, in addition to two Olympic bronze medals for relays.
Magnussen retired from aggressive swimming in 2019 and have become the co-founder of each Routine Tools and The Swim Squad along with working within the media.
Magnussen has since turned his consideration to the Enhanced Video games, an Olympic-style occasion with no drug testing that will enable athletes to take part in doping. The occasion is meant to happen in 2025, and Magnussen has mentioned he’ll come out of retirement to take part within the hopes of profitable prize cash.
He and associate McEvoy had been in Paris all through the Olympic Video games for his “Matty and the Missile in Paris” protection, a particular collection on The Matty Johns Podcast which options former Australian rugby participant Matty Johns.
For her half, McEvoy, who’s a former Miss Universe Australia contestant, has labored as a taxation lawyer, actress and mannequin.
The couple have been persevering with to take in their trip time round Europe.
