There are plenty of great examples of athlete couples that are currently making headlines. Amanda Nunes and Nina Ansaroff are just a few of the many examples. Bird and Rapinoe and Granato & Ferraro are also notable examples. Perhaps you've heard of retired athletes who have fallen in love with each other.
Amanda Nunes, Nina Ansaroff
The couple has been together over a decade. They met while they were training at a Florida fitness center in 2012. The couple announced their engagement in August last year. They are well-known in the UFC and have been supportive of each other for years. Nunes credits Ansaroff with her success and says she couldn’t have done it alone.
Nina Ansaroff (UFC fighter) competes at strawweight. She was born in Weston, Florida, and started training as a mixed martial artist in 2009. She holds a record 16 wins and 6 losses. She is known for her comebacks, and she is ranked 13th in the women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Julie Ertz and Zach Ertz
Zach Ertz and Julie Ertz both are professional athletes. Zach is an end for the Philadelphia Eagles. Julie plays for the Chicago Red Stars. Both are currently vying at the U.S. National Team for Women's Soccer. The couple met when both were attending Bay Area universities.
Zach Ertz and Julie Ertz were married in 2017, and their daughter was born a week ago. The couple met while playing baseball at Stanford, and the couple married last March. Fans are celebrating the couple's marriage, which has been featured in the media since then.
Bird and Rapinoe
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are couple athletes. Both are based together in Seattle. They frequently discuss various topics, including women’s sports in America. Rapinoe posted photos of Bird to her Instagram Story along with a link that took viewers to a video of her cheering on. Rapinoe shared an image of Bird on her Seattle Storm profile. This picture lists Bird's WNBA accomplishments.
Rapinoe and Bird met in the Olympic run-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Olympic athletes are frequently asked to pose with patriotic hot shots. Rapinoe and Bird were preparing for a photo shoot, when they met. Rapinoe asked Bird to keep a secret. Bird was stumped. Rapinoe said that Sue was not an open book, which inspired her.
Granato and Ferraro
Ray Ferraro & Cammigranato were two of the most famous sports stars in history. Ferraro was a former NHL player and was a Stanley Cup champion twice. Granato, the 1998 Olympic gold medalist in women's hockey, is a retired professional player of ice hockey. Granato and Ferraro are married and have two daughters.
Granato, who was the captain of the 1998 U.S. women’s ice hockey team, was inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame 2010. Ferraro played in the National Hockey League for 18 seasons and twice scored 40 goals. Ferraro finished his career with 408 goals and 490 assists, as well as 898 points.
Graf and Agassi
For many years, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi have been a couple of elite players in tennis. They met in 1999 after they both won the same Roland Garros tournament. They began dating, then they got married in 2001. Jaden, and Jaz, are their children. Graf's mother, Graf, recently moved to Las Vegas along with the couple after Peter's passing in 2013. Graf is now known as Stefanie Graf.
Graf dated Michael Bartels for 2 years before Agassi got married. Before getting married to Agassi, Graf had a love affair. Brooke Shields was Agassi's girlfriend before the 1997 wedding. Their affair was so open that Brooke Shields took photos of Agassi before the ceremony. She commented that "the legs look perfect". But they broke up in 1998 and reconnected in 2001. Graf was playing in a tournament of tennis when they met. The two played together. Graf and Agassi realized that they had many commonalities, as well as their differences, after the match.