Published23 October 2024, 12:29
Gisin, Federer and Co.On cloud nine: These sports stars love each other too
Zoé Vergé-Dépré and Jason Joseph are the newest dream couple in Swiss sport. It wasn’t just the notable athletes who found each other.
With beach volleyball player Zoé Vergé-Dépré and hurdler Jason Joseph, Switzerland has a new sporting dream couple.
But Switzerland also knows some other sports couples.
There are also well-known athletes abroad who confess their love for each other.
Two Swiss sporting greats are at the height of love. As 20 minutes knows, beach volleyball player Zoé Vergé-Dépré and hurdler Jason Joseph are a couple. Sports stars aren’t the only ones who love each other. Option:
Lara Gut-Behrami and Valon Behrami
It was in March 2018 when Lara Gut (33) announced her love for Valon Behrami (39) to the public. Many people at the time believed it was a premature April Fool’s joke. The hot-blooded footballer with the cool skier!? Can that work? “Valon is the most beautiful thing that could have happened to me,” said Lara, referring to her good fortune of being Nati’s star. “With Valon I experienced the power of being together and having someone next to you who takes your hand and doesn’t leave you alone,” she wrote on Facebook at the time. She has now broken away from social media – she still stays with Valon.
Alisha Lehmann and Douglas Luiz
The star of the Swiss national team (25) loves Brazilian kicker Douglas Luiz (26). The Swiss and Luiz met during their time at English club Aston Villa. After a temporary separation, the couple got back together. 20 Minutes reporting exclusively. Before Luiz, Lehmann was with Nati star Ramona Bachmann (33). She is now married to Charlotte Baret.
Roger Federer loves his wife Mirka.
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Roger and Mirka Federer
Roger Federer (43) and Miroslava Vavrinec (46) met – and fell in love – at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Nine years later, on April 11, 2009, the tennis dream team got married and Mirka took the name Federer. The twin girls Myla and Charlene were born in the same year. The next couple followed in 2014: Leo and Lenny. The couple celebrated their crystal wedding in April 2024.
Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Source
The leader among the women and the speedster among the men have known each other since they were young. Mikaela Shiffrin (29) first noticed Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (32) at a training camp in Chile. Since she was 16 and he was 19, it was not yet time for him to have a romantic relationship. The two officially met three years ago. In April this year, the dream couple delighted their fans when they announced their engagement.
Michelle Gisin and Luca De Aliprandini
Next dream skiing couple: Michelle Gisin (30) and Luca De Aliprandini (34) have been in a relationship for over ten years. Despite initial relationship problems, they moved into a house on Lake Garda together in 2018. In June 2024, the skiing stars took the next step: like Shiffrin and Kilde, they announced their engagement through Instagram. The wedding day has not been announced yet.
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens
The 1.42 m tall woman from the USA is probably the best artistic gymnast in history. The now 27-year-old has won seven Olympic gold medals and at least 23 world championship titles. In April 2023 she married the football player Jonathan Owens (29), and her full official name is now Simone Arianne Biles Owens. Biles also often shows up at her husband’s football games and cheers him on. Because of Owens, Biles moved as a fan from the Houston Texans to the Green Bay Packers and now the Chicago Bears.
Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi
Steffi Graf (55) and Andre Agassi (54): Together, no couple has had more success than the German and the American. Together they have 30 Grand Slam titles – 22 through Graf, 8 through Agassi. The couple have been married since 2001 and have a son and a daughter together. Son Jaden (22) is also a good athlete, but he wants to build a career as a baseball player.
Ana Ivanovic and Bastian Schweinsteiger got married in 2016.
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Ana Ivanovic and Bastian Schweinsteiger
After Graf and Agassi, the two are the second great German sports couple of the modern era. The Serbian tennis player (36) and the German footballer (40) met after the peak of their careers. The Grand Slam winner and world champion married in front of a stunning backdrop in Venice in 2016 and have three children together.
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