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Australian track and field star Michelle Jenneke was one of the first athletes to have a truly viral moment in the social media era.
Jenneke’s pre-race routine caught the attention of sports fans around the world during the 2012 IAAF World Championships. The viral moment helped raise her profile and appear in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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Michelle Jenneke of Australia reacts as she is introduced to spectators before the start of the women’s 100m hurdles heat five during the World Athletics Championships, at the National Athletics Center on August 22, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
She has generally kept her private life away from Internet vultures, only really posting clips and photos of herself working out or participating in competitions. That was until Sunday when she revealed she was engaged after an eight-and-a-half-year relationship that no one outside of her families and loved ones was aware of.
“8.5 years in the making,” she captioned her photo collage on Instagram.
Jenneke became engaged to Alex Beck, a fellow Australian Olympian. Beck has also kept his relationship with Jenneke a secret.
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Alex Beck of Australia reacts after competing in the men’s 400m heats during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 1, 2021. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
The photos showed the two in a loving embrace and Jenneke showing off her ring.
Jenneke competed in the Australian Olympics at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Unfortunately, she failed to make it out of the 100m hurdles heats. He suffered a similar incident at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Beck represented Australia at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Team Australia’s Michelle Jenneke reacts after the women’s 100m hurdles heats during day four of the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Center on August 22, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
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The two athletes have won several medals throughout their careers. Jenneke on the junior circuit and Beck at the Oceania Championships in 2024.
