Love And Sports: Notable Married Athlete Couples

Happy Valentine's Day!

Have another piece of chocolate as we look at some famous athlete-to-athlete marriages.

As a stipulation, the relationship had to advance to the point of "I do," which is why a pairing such as Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods is not included here.

Sydney Leroux And Dom Dwyer

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After being an All-American star at UCLA, Leroux helped the USWNT team win the Olympic gold medal in 2012 and the Women's World Cup in 2015. Dwyer, a native of England, joined Sporting Kansas City of the MLS in 2012. They married in January 2015 and celebrated the birth of their son, Cassius, in September 2016.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton And Ashton Eaton

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Eaton won two world championship and two Olympic gold medals in the decathlon for the U.S. Theisen-Eaton, a Canadian, won a bronze in the heptathlon at the 2016 Olympics. She also has two silvers in the heptathlon at world championships. The two met as college students at Oregon.

Kerri Walsh-Jennings And Casey Jennings

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Walsh-Jennings was a two-time national champion and a four-time All-American at Stanford. Then she became a dominant beach volleyball star, teaming with Misty May-Treanor for multiple championships including three Olympic gold medals. She added an Olympic bronze with April Ross in 2016. Jennings won the 1999 national championship with BYU and the FIVB World Tour Gold in 2010. He also has won seven AVP events.

Jennie Finch And Casey Daigle

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Finch helped lead the U.S. softball team to a gold in the 2004 Olympics and a silver in 2008. She has thrown two perfect games in the National Pro Fastpitch league for the Chicago Bandits. Daigle was drafted 31st overall in 1999 by the Diamondbacks. He appeared in 33 games in three seasons in MLB.

Alex Morgan And Servando Carrasco

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Morgan helped the USWNT win the Olympic gold medal in 2012 and the Women's World Cup in 2015. She met Carrasco when they were college players at Cal. Carrasco has played with four MLS teams since 2011.

Cammi Granato And Ray Ferraro

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Granato was captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1998. She was also inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010 as part of the first class that included a woman. Ferraro played 18 seasons in the NHL and twice scored 40 goals. He finished his career with 408 goals and 490 assists, totaling 898 points.

Mia Hamm And Nomar Garciaparra

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Hamm had scored a record (male or female) 158 international goals at the time of her retirement. Abby Wambach has passed her since then. Hamm was named FIFA's Female Player of the Year twice in a row in 2001-2002. Garciaparra played 14 years, primarily with the Red Sox, and was a six-time All-Star at shortstop. He received a World Series ring for his part in Boston's 2004 championship season.

Misty May-Treanor And Matt Treanor

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May-Treanor has won three Olympic gold medals in beach volleyball. At the time of her retirement in 2012, she had also won the most championships in domestic and international competition with 112. Treanor, drafted in the fourth round in 1994 by Kansas City, was a catcher for the Marlins, Rangers, Tigers, Royals and Dodgers during his nine MLB seasons.

Ann Meyers And Don Drysdale

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Meyers (flanked by her sons) was the first woman to have an NBA contract when she signed with the Indiana Pacers in 1980. She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. Drysdale was a Cy Young Winner (1962), three-time World Series champion and a nine time All-Star. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 and died in 1993 from a heart attack.

Gabrielle Reece And Laird Hamilton

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Reece was an outstanding volleyball player at Florida State leading the league in kills all four years. She was inducted into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1997, and played professionally on the beach circuit. Hamilton, often considered the best big wave surfer ever, is credited with being one of the innovators of tow-in surfing.

Kristi Yamaguchi And Bret Hedican

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Yamaguchi won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in figure skating. She also won the world championship in 1991 and 1992, and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005. Hedican was a defenseman who played more than 1,000 NHL games. He won the Stanley Cup in 2006 with the Hurricanes and was part of two U.S. Olympic hockey teams.

Nadia Comaneci And Bart Conner

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Comaneci won five Olympic gold medals in gymnastics at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. Her 10.0 on the uneven bars in 1976 was the first perfect mark in Olympic history. Conner won golds in the all-around and parallel bars at the 1984 Olympics.

Florence Griffith-Joyner And Al Joyner

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Griffith-Joyner, who died in 1998, is known as the fastest woman ever, holding world records at 100 and 200 meters. She won three golds at the 1988 Olympics thanks to those two events and the 4x100 relay. Joyner won the 1984 gold in the triple jump, becoming the first American in 80 years to top the podium. That same year, he was honored with the Jim Thorpe Award for best American male in field events.

Jamie Sale and Craig Simpson

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Sale won Olympic gold with partner David Pelletier at the 2002 Olympics in pairs skating. Sale and Pelletier married in 2005 but split in 2010. She married Simpson in June 2012. Simpson was an NHL winger for 10 years after being selected No. 2 overall by the Penguins in 1985. He won two Stanley Cups with the Oilers (1988, 1990) and accumulated 497 points.

A.J. Feeley And Heather Mitts

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Mitts is a three-time Olympic soccer gold medalist and also won a silver with the U.S. in the 2011 women's World Cup. She has scored two international goals and both were game winners. Feeley was a quarterback for the Eagles, Dolphins and Rams, while also serving as a backup without getting into any games for the Chargers and Panthers.

Laila Ali And Curtis Conway

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Ali was 24-0 with 21 knockouts and a two-time super-middleweight champion. Conway was the seventh overall pick in the 1993 draft by the Bears. He played with four different teams during his 12-year career and three times amassed more than 1,000 yards receiving in a season.

Sanya Richards-Ross And Aaron Ross

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Richards-Ross won four Olympic gold medals for the U.S. in track, including the 400 meters in London. She holds the American record in that event with a time of 48.70 seconds, set in 2006 Ross played six seasons as a cornerback and won two Super Bowls with the Giants. He also spent a season with the Jaguars.

Steffi Graf And Andre Agassi

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Graf won 22 Grand Slam titles in her career, including all four titles and the Gold Medal in 1988 for a Golden Slam Proper. She also holds the record for most weeks ranked No. 1, at 377. Agassi won eight Grand Slam titles during his career. When Agassi won the French Open in 1999, it marked a Career Golden Slam.

Lauren Holiday And Jrue Holiday

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Lauren Cheney won two Olympic gold medals and a Women's World Cup while representing the United State. She met Jrue Holiday, a basketball star, when they were competing at UCLA. Jrue was a first-round pick of the 76ers in 2009. He was traded to New Orleans in 2013. Jrue missed the first 12 games of the 2016-17 season while Lauren had surgery to remove a brain tumor.

Alicia Sacramone And Brady Quinn

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Sacramone won more than a dozen medals in international gymnastics competition including a silver in the team event for the United States at the 2008 Olympics. Quinn, a quarterback from Notre Dame, was the Browns' first-round pick in 2007. He appeared in 24 games in his eight NFL seasons.

Shawn Johnson And Andrew East

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Johnson won four Olympic gymnastics medals, including gold on the balance beam in 2008. She was also a "Dancing With The Stars" champion. East, undrafted out of Vanderbilt in 2015, is a long snapper who has spent time with the Raiders, Chiefs and Seahawks but has not appeared in a regular-season game through 2016.

Morgan Beck And Bode Miller

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Beck played college volleyball at Cal, then competed as a pro on the beach circuit. Miller is the most decorated U.S. alpine ski racer with multiple medals in various international competitions, including a gold in the super combined at the 2010 Olympics.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee And Bob Kersee

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Joyner-Kersee won three Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon and the long jump. Sports Illustrated for Women named her the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century. Kersee was best known for his role in coaching elite track and field athletes but was also a California state finalist in the hurdles.

Laura Bennett And Greg Bennett

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Greg is from Australia. Laura is from the United States. Both are triathletes. They have been called the fittest couple on earth.

Marion Jones And Obadele Thompson

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Jones won five gold medals during the 2000 Olympics, but was forced to forfeit them after she admitted she had used PEDs. She also won an NCAA basketball championship at North Carolina. Thompson won a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympics in the 100 meters.

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