Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Thomas Announces Engagement to Spencer McManes in IG Photo

American sprinter Gabby Thomas, who won three gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, has announced her engagement to Spencer McManes.

Thomas and revealed the details in an exclusive interview with Elise Taylor of Vogue. Vogue also shared pictures of the couple on Instagram.

The couple has been dating since 2022 after initially connecting via Instagram, per Taylor.

"Gabby’s mutual friends in Austin had mentioned to her they might get along—Spencer, like Gabby, was a collegiate athlete at an Ivy League university. (Although Spencer, who played football at Yale, and Gabby, who ran track at Harvard, were technically deep rivals.).

"One night, she looked him up on Instagram. On the top of his profile? A saved highlight where he gave pizza reviews. 'I'm a huge fan of pizza myself—I was like, ‘This looks like really good quality content',' she says. After laughing at a couple of reels, she decided to throw him a follow. 'Almost immediately—he DM'd me,' Gabby says."

Thomas starred at Harvard and won 22 Ivy League titles before turning pro in 2018. Three years later, Thomas silver in the 4x100m relay and bronze in the 200m at the Tokyo Olympics.

In 2023, Thomas earned gold at the World Championships in Budapest in the 4x100m while taking silver in the 200m. That set the stage for a tremendous Summer Olympics, when Thomas won gold in the 4x100m, 4x400m and 200m. McManes was notably seen supporting Thomas in the stands.

McManes is a former athlete who once starred at quarterback at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Georgia, setting numerous school records. He then played football at Yale before graduating in 2017. McManes now works as a Senior Customer Success Manager at DataGrail in Austin, Texas.