Greg Bretz and his girlfriend Elena Hight have been dubbed “the ultimate Olympic couple.” When they met, Greg Bretz was 19 and Elena Hight was 20. But the adorable couple has remained steady after dating for almost five years and just missed competing in their second Olympics together when Elena didn’t make the cut for what would have been her third Olympics. The couple has certainly lasted much longer than many celebrity or athlete couples,…
Olympics Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS)
Hannah Teter is an Olympic champion. But since 2006, when pictures of the halfpipe gold medalist and Hannah Teter’s boyfriend Eli Lieberman hit the press, not much has been revealed about her dating life. However, recent new reveals the new (and likely current) man to be Hannah Teter’s boyfriend Johnny Bananas. Hannah Teter and Eli Lieberman appear to have met in 2006 and ended their relationship soon after. This unique combination of forces met after…
Further proving that winter sport athletes stick together, US Olympic Nordic Combined skier Bill Demong’s wife Katie Koczynski was an international skeleton racer for the US National team. First of all, before we get into details about this sporty couple, you are probably wondering what the heck Nordic Combined is in the first place… I know I was. Well it turns out that Nordic Combined is an event in which athletes compete in both Ski…
Known for her pink hair and outfits, Kirrkan Randall, is competing in her fourth Olympics in an attempt to become the first American woman to win a cross country medal at the Games. Kirrkan Randall’s husband Jeff Ellis is a huge supporter of her work, being a former Canadian ski racer himself. The couple met at a ski competition in 2006, and Jeff Ellis soon learned that if he didn’t want to spend a lot…
It seems to be a trend for many of this year’s Olympians to date athletes within their sports. US Olympic speed skater J.R Celski’s Girlfriend Andrea Do-Duc , for example, happens to be a former member of the Canadian Short Track team. Unfortunately we will not be seeing her battle it out with our US women’s team in Sochi, but without a doubt she will be there in spirit rooting for the loveable J.R Celski….
Do you remember Steve Holcomb, a US Olympic Bobsledder who broke our 62 year gold-medal drought at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010? Well, in every Olympics there are a few athletes that we just can’t shake and Steve is definitely one of them. First of all he doesn’t look like your typical Olympic athlete. He is 34 years old, balding, five foot ten, and weighs in at a whopping 231 lbs. Four years ago I…
Chas Guldemond’s wife Drea Russell is one of the main reasons that the 2014 Olympic hopeful has made it in the competitive world of snowboarding. Over the past decade, Guldemond has proven time and time again that he has what it takes to win. On the other hand, Chas could care less about the business side of snowboarding, which is an integral piece of a successful career in the sport. That’s where his wife Drea…