Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis has secretly married his model girlfriend Desirée Inglander. The 26-year-old athlete confirmed the news to Swedish outlet TT, revealing the couple tied the knot at Stockholm City Hall.
The pair announced their engagement shortly after the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Duplantis broke the world record to win gold. Inglander, 24, has been a constant presence supporting him, and their post-victory embrace became an iconic moment.
Duplantis told Sport Bladet: 'I don't have the ring on yet and we're going to have the real ceremony and wedding during the summer.' The formal celebration will take place in Cannes, France, in June, but Swedish law requires couples to register the marriage in Sweden first.
The athlete was less than impressed when the organiser of the Bislett Games in Norway revealed he would miss the June 13-14 event due to the wedding. 'I might have wished he wouldn't say anything. I was a little shocked that he said it,' Duplantis said. 'It is what it is. It's a wedding and it happens once in a lifetime. If you miss one or two competitions – who cares?'
Duplantis described feeling 'half-married' after the legal ceremony, adding: 'I'm holding on to the American tradition a bit and waiting for the ceremony. It feels a little strange. I'm grateful for it, there's a lot of love. But we're trying to find a balance to keep it a little private.'
The couple's engagement was meticulously planned, with Duplantis proposing in the Hamptons under the guise of a Vogue photoshoot. He told Vogue Scandinavia: 'I was more nervous than at the Olympics.' Inglander added: 'I'm such a control freak, it's impossible to surprise me.'
