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We love sports, and we especially love queer athletes! So when two queer athletes we love team up for some amazing plays on the field/court, we love it even more! And if they can extend that teamwork to a real-life romantic relationship, we can't help but to root for them!
Here are 22 iconic pairs of gay athletes who prove that love and teamwork go great together!
1. Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe
US soccer icon Megan Rapinoe and WNBA superstar Sue Bird have been together since 2017 and got engaged in 2020.
2. Allie Quigley and Courtney Vandersloot
WNBA stars Quigley and Vandersloot were both playing on the Chicago Sky when they got married in 2018.
3. Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor
These former WNBA teammates got married in 2017 and have two kids together.
4. Tim Brewster and Kyle Friend
This pro beach volleyball duo recently announced they are also a couple!
5. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner
WNBA players and former Connecticut Sun teammates Thomas and Bonner announced they were engaged in July 2023. They have been together since 2021.
6. Megan Jones and Celia Quansah
These two British rugby players represented Team GB together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
7. Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud
These Dutch Olympic dressage trainers and riders have been in a long-term relationship for years.
8. Anissa Urtez and Amanda Chidester
Mexican softball player Urtez is engaged to American softball player Chidester.
9. Georgia Simmerling and Stephanie Labbe
Simmerling is a Canadian cyclist who won an Olympic bronze in 2016 and has been dating Canadian soccer goalkeeper and Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Labbe since 2016. They got engaged in 2021.
10. Nat Sciver and Katherine Brunt
These two English cricketers got married in May 2022.
11. Alex Blackwell and Lynsey Askew
Blackwell is an Australian cricketer and Askew is an English cricketer. They are married
12. Anya Battaglino and Madison Packer
These National Women's Hockey League players got married in 2019 and have two children together.
13. Carlonie Ouelette and Julie Chu
Chu is an former pro hockey player and coach who is married to Canadian gold medalist Caroline Ouellette. The two have two daughters.
14. Eric Radford and Luis Fenero
Radford is a retired Canadian pair skater, and in 2019, he married Spanish ice dancer Luis Fenero.
15. Gillian Apps and Meghan Duggan
Apps plays hockey for Canada and Duggan plays for rival America, but they still found love and got married in 2018.
17. Tierna Davidson and Alison Jahansouz
USWNT and NJ/NY Gotham FC star Tierna Davidson proposed to her goalkeeper girlfriend in 2023.
18. Anna Petrakova and Candace Parker
WNBA legend Parker married Russian basketball player Petrakova in 2019.
19. Marta Xargay and Breanna Stewart
Xargay retired from pro basketball in 2021, but she's still happily married to WNBA star Stewart.
20. Christen Press and Tobin Heath
These two soccer stars were teammates on the USWNT and at Manchester United WFC.
21. Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey
These Canadian hockey teammates got engaged in 2023.
22. Tziarra King and Jess Fishlock
King and Fishlock both played professional soccer for the Seattle Reign and got married in 2023.
