Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy has announced his engagement to boyfriend Andrew Rigby after proposing during a romantic holiday in Mallorca, Spain.
The 34-year-old athlete, who represented Great Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics after previously competing for the United States, revealed that he popped the question on 4 August during a trip off the Spanish island's coast.
Kenworthy proposed on a secluded island after taking Rigby on what he described as a "little adventure" by boat from Mallorca. Speaking to People, the Olympian said he had arranged a picnic overlooking the sea before asking his partner to marry him.
Following the proposal, the couple were surprised by six friends who had been waiting on a chartered boat to help celebrate the occasion.
Sharing the news on social media, Kenworthy posted photographs from the engagement and joked: "He said he'd think about it!"
The couple have been together for around two years. They first crossed paths in Sydney nearly a decade ago before reconnecting at a mutual friend's 40th birthday celebration in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2024. After a period of long-distance dating between Los Angeles and Sydney, they later moved to New York together.
Rigby admitted the proposal came as a complete surprise. "We've talked about this a lot obviously, but I thought this was just a relaxing vacation," he told People. "To say I was shocked was an understatement. And then to see our friends there immediately after Gus proposed? Wow."
The pair's engagement comes after a busy summer that included trips to Berlin Pride and WorldPride Amsterdam.
Kenworthy became one of the most high-profile openly gay athletes in the world after coming out publicly in 2015. The silver medallist has since been a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport and wider society.
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