Gabby Thomas officially off the market after partner Spencer McManes’ surprise marriage proposal

Gabby Thomas is now engaged to prtner Spencer McManes. Photos/Vogue & Gabby Thomas Tik Tok

Gabby Thomas officially off the market after partner Spencer McManes’ surprise marriage proposal

Joel Omotto 11:25 - 26.03.2025

Olympics champion Gabby Thomas has expressed her delight following her engagement to partner Spencer McManes in what was a surprise marriage proposal.

Olympics champion Gabby Thomas has joined the long list of track and field stars who have been engaged.

Thomas has been in a relationship with her partner Spencer McManes since 2022 but the businessman had never put a ring on her finger.

Spencer has now affirmed his love and commitment to the American sprinter after going down on one knee in what Thomas describes as a big surprise.

In what was a romantic surprise planned by Spencer, Thomas walked to the rooftop of an Airbnb the couple had rented before the track season started and found him waiting for her with flowers in his hands as their best friend and photographer waited to capture the memorable moment.

“That's when I realized, ‘Oh my gosh, this is happening,” Thomas told Vogue regarding the surprising marriage proposal.

“Normally, he’s very bad with surprises—and this was the one surprise I think I've ever witnessed him keep.”

There had been signs of an upcoming engagement when Spencer took Thomas ring shopping in New York City on Valentines Day but the sprinter looks not to have smelt the coffee then.

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Spencer, the founder of non-alcoholic seltzer brand Kaviva, started dating Thomas in 2022 after their first encounter a year earlier and the relationship blossomed.

The sprinter followed him on Instagram after liking his content on the social media platform where he did pizza reviews that Thomas liked.

“I'm a huge fan of pizza myself—I was like, ‘This looks like really good quality content'," Thomas says of the encounter. “Almost immediately—he DM'd me,” she adds.

“I got the notification that I had a new follower,” Spencer says of his first encounter with Thomas.

“I was like, ‘That's crazy! Gabby Thomas?’’” he says. “I immediately DM'd her and asked, “What did I do to earn a follow?”

They flirted for months on social media before Spencer asked her out, spending three hours on their first date, before digging into pizza on their second one and it is here when Thomas fell in love.

“I fell in love with him despite the fact he went to Yale,” said Thomas, a Harvard graduate.

Since then, Spencer has been a key support system for Thomas, attending track events to cheer her like at the Paris 2024 Olympics where she won three gold medals.

Following the proposal, Thomas’ fans will now be waiting for the wedding bells, having joined a long list of track stars who have been engaged in the last one year.

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