Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers proposes poolside to Annie Chandler
Updated: 14 Feb 2012
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Will you marry me: Olympic gold medalist Matt Grevers asked fellow swimmer Annie Chandler to be his wife over the weekend while an exuberant swimmer in a yellow cap looks on
Kiss kiss: Chandler placed the gold medal on her sweetheart before he popped the question
On bended knee: Grevers pulls the ring from his pocket and Chandler looks absolutely shocked
Sealed with a kiss: She said yes, and kisses her new fiance
The new swimming power couple: Grevers and Chandler both hope to compete in this year's Olympic games
Talk about pressure to perform.
For Matt Grevers, a top finish in the 100-meter backstroke Saturday night at the Missouri Grand Prix was a virtual necessity to pull off a surprise medal-stand marriage proposal to his girlfriend and USA national swimming teammate, Annie Chandler.
He waited until the silver and bronze medallists left the stand, and dropped to one knee before popping the question.
But Grevers, who won two gold medals in the 2008 Olympics, wouldn’t have been so lucky if it weren’t for help from his brother Andy, who is an assistant swimming and diving coach at the University of Missouri.
He slipped his brother the diamond engagement ring before Matt took the medal stand.
The public union of swimming's newest power couple easily upstaged the action in the pool for cheering spectators and other swimmers alike.
The couple of four years trains in Tucson, Arizona, where the 26-year-old Grevers relocated after winning four NCAA titles at Northwestern. Chandler, 24, is a 2010 Arizona graduate seeking to appear in her first Olympics this year in London.
Chandler said she had little inkling that Grevers would propose, even when meet organizers asked her to help present the medals during her boyfriend's event.
'The only part that felt unnatural was when Matt asked me to get on the top (medalists') podium with him,' she said.
'When he fell to his knee and I saw the shiny black box, I knew. That's when I went weak in the knees and kind of fell down myself,’ she told the Associated Press.
For Grevers, the hardest part may have been obtaining the blessing of his girlfriend's father, former NFL player Thomas Chandler.
Once the elder Chandler approved, Grevers set the wheels in motion. His parents, who live in the Chicago suburbs, were in the stands Saturday night.
'I've just been searching for a unique way to pop the question,' Grevers said. 'My whole family is here and I figured it would be a perfect opportunity and a unique situation.'
In the short term, Grevers expects he'll get a pass on Tuesday, a day most other couples will be celebrating Valentine's Day.
'I think I got a freebie on that,' he said. 'Maybe get her Lady and the Tramp or something like that.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
For Matt Grevers, a top finish in the 100-meter backstroke Saturday night at the Missouri Grand Prix was a virtual necessity to pull off a surprise medal-stand marriage proposal to his girlfriend and USA national swimming teammate, Annie Chandler.
He waited until the silver and bronze medallists left the stand, and dropped to one knee before popping the question.
But Grevers, who won two gold medals in the 2008 Olympics, wouldn’t have been so lucky if it weren’t for help from his brother Andy, who is an assistant swimming and diving coach at the University of Missouri.
He slipped his brother the diamond engagement ring before Matt took the medal stand.
The public union of swimming's newest power couple easily upstaged the action in the pool for cheering spectators and other swimmers alike.
The couple of four years trains in Tucson, Arizona, where the 26-year-old Grevers relocated after winning four NCAA titles at Northwestern. Chandler, 24, is a 2010 Arizona graduate seeking to appear in her first Olympics this year in London.
Chandler said she had little inkling that Grevers would propose, even when meet organizers asked her to help present the medals during her boyfriend's event.
'The only part that felt unnatural was when Matt asked me to get on the top (medalists') podium with him,' she said.
'When he fell to his knee and I saw the shiny black box, I knew. That's when I went weak in the knees and kind of fell down myself,’ she told the Associated Press.
For Grevers, the hardest part may have been obtaining the blessing of his girlfriend's father, former NFL player Thomas Chandler.
Once the elder Chandler approved, Grevers set the wheels in motion. His parents, who live in the Chicago suburbs, were in the stands Saturday night.
'I've just been searching for a unique way to pop the question,' Grevers said. 'My whole family is here and I figured it would be a perfect opportunity and a unique situation.'
In the short term, Grevers expects he'll get a pass on Tuesday, a day most other couples will be celebrating Valentine's Day.
'I think I got a freebie on that,' he said. 'Maybe get her Lady and the Tramp or something like that.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
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