With lots of her US Olympic teammates in attendance, 2x Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel married fiance Jack Nichting in a ceremony held in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday.
Beisel and Nichting first met whereas competing on Season 39 of the truth TV present Survivor again in 2019. On the present, the pair competed on separate Tribes for everything of their keep on the island. Nonetheless, following their eliminations and the preliminary airing of the present, they introduced their relationship on social media. An engagement quickly adopted in November 2022, as Beisel posted the proposal with the caption “sure.”
Beisel has been a outstanding face within the sport of swimming since 2008 when she first certified for the US Olympic Group on the age of 15. Although she didn’t win any medals that 12 months, her profession was simply getting began. She gained her first worldwide gold medals on the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships within the 200 backstroke and 400 IM earlier than claiming the gold medal within the 400 IM on the 2011 World Championships. In 2012, Beisel certified for her second Olympic Group, profitable a silver medal within the 400 IM and a bronze within the 200 backstroke. After a reasonably quiet quad from 2012 to 2016, Beisel managed to qualify for her third Olympic Group, ending 2nd the 400 IM on the 2016 Olympic Trials. She was named a captain for the US Group at these Video games, serving to to steer the US roster to a dominant 16-gold medal efficiency, the most effective in historical past.
Following the 2016 Olympics, Beisel took one other haitus from the game. Regardless of coming again to qualify for the 2017 World Championships within the 400 IM, she retired after the conclusion of that meet. Since then, Beisel has remained very lively within the sport, working for NBC as a commentator and serving as an envoy and board member for the USA Swimming Basis. She has additionally explored music, enjoying the violin, together with a number of performances on the 2024 US Olympic Trials.
Collegiately, Beisel competed for the College of Florida from 2010 to 2014, the place she gained two particular person NCAA titles and was named the SEC Feminine Swimmer of the 12 months in 2012. In 2021, she grew to become the primary lady to swim 10.4 miles unassisted rom mainland Rhode Island to Block Island as a part of the “Block Most cancers” marketing campaign in honor of her dad.
A number of of Beisel’s Olympic teammates joined the marriage celebrations on Saturday, together with Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Missy Franklin, Natalie Hinds, Katie Hoff, Cullen Jones, and Allison Schmitt.
