Italian Paralympic swimmer Stefano Raimondi and Giulia Terzi ’s six - month - erstwhile baby is watching poolside as both of them compete !

Competing at the Paralympics has got to be one of the greatest experiences of an athlete’s life — and some of them get to share that experience with someone who totally understands!

Here are 10 Paralympians who are currently in relationships with other Paralympic or Olympic athletes:

1.American Paralympic track and field athlete Hunter WoodhallmarriedAmerican Olympic track and field athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall in 2022.

2.Brazilian Paralympic badminton player Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira and Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player Edwarda Dias gotengagedduring the 2024 Paris Olympics. Rogerio proposed on the court after his match.

3.Returning to Paris is extra meaningful for Team Great Britain Paralympic wheelchair basketball players Robyn Love and Laurie Williams because they gotengagedunder the Eiffel Tower in 2020.

4.Italian Paralympic swimmers Stefano Raimondi and Giulia Terziwelcomedtheir first child, Edoardo, on 22 February 2025. Their son has been watching them compete in Paris.

5.Nigerian Paralympic table tennis players Christiana Alabi and Kayode Alabi, who gotmarriedin 2022, are the first African couple tocompeteat the Games.

6.Team USA multi-sport athlete and current cyclist Oksana Masters and Team USA multi-sport athlete and current wheelchair racer Aaron Pike gotengagedduring a trip to the Grand Tetons in 2022.

7.Team Great Britain Paralympic rower Lauren Rowles isengagedto retired Team GB Paralympic basketball player Jude Hamer.

8.American Paralympic track and field athlete Kym Crosbymarriedretired American Paralympic wheelchair racer Erik Hightower in 2018.

9.Indian Paralympic canoeists Prachi Yadav and Manish Kaurav gotmarriedin 2020.

10.And finally, British Paralympic wheelchair racers Hannah Cockroft and Nathan Maguireplanto get married as soon as they get home from Paris.

Tara in sportswear being held by Hunter leaning over from the stands, both smiling with their faces pressed together

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Robyn and Laurie in wheelchairs wearing GBR jerseys, numbered 13 and 8, hold hands on a basketball court during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Stefano and Giulia posing together on a red carpet, her in a wheelchair wearing rips jeans and a t-shirt and cardigan and him standing wearing ripped jeans, button-up shirt, and puffer jacket

Oksana and Aaron with their arms around each other on a red carpet, her standing in a dress with clutch and him in a wheelchair in a light suit

Lauren in a wheelchair wearing bright blazer and zebra pants, and Jude in a dark bodysuit with ripped tights, they're posing with arms around each other

Hannah and Nathan at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023, both in wheelchairs, dressed in formal attire, smiling on the red carpet