Olympic star Michelle Jenneke announces engagement after keeping relationship out of public view

Australian way prima Michelle Jenneke was 1 of the archetypal athletes to truly person a viral infinitesimal successful the societal media age.

Jenneke’s pre-race regular caught the attraction of sports fans astir the globe during the 2012 IAAF World Championships. The viral infinitesimal helped rise her illustration and onshore her successful the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

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Michelle Jenneke is introduced earlier the commencement of the women's 100m hurdles during the World Athletics Championships connected Aug. 22, 2023, successful Budapest, Hungary. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

She’s mostly kept her backstage beingness retired of scope of net vultures, lone truly posting clips and photos of herself moving retired oregon taking portion successful competitions. That was until Sunday, erstwhile she revealed she was engaged aft an 8 1/2-year narration that nary 1 extracurricular their families and loved ones was privy to.

"8.5 years successful the making," she captioned her collage of photos connected Instagram.

Jenneke got engaged to Alex Beck, a chap Australian Olympic way athlete. Beck has besides kept his narration with Jenneke nether wraps.

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Alex Beck aft competing successful the men's 400m heats during the Olympic Games successful Tokyo connected Aug. 1, 2021. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images)

The photos showed the 2 successful a loving clasp and Jenneke flashing her ring.

Jenneke competed successful the Olympics for Australia astatine the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Unfortunately, she failed to get retired of the heats of the 100-meter hurdles. She suffered a akin occurrence successful the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Beck represented Australia successful the Tokyo Olympics successful 2021.

Michelle Jenneke smiles aft the women's 100m hurdles heats during the World Athletics Championships connected Aug. 22, 2023, successful Budapest. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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The 2 athletes person won respective medals, Jenneke connected the younker circuit and Beck astatine the Oceania Championships successful 2024.

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