SWIMMING superstar Grant Hackett is engaged to singer Candice Alley, New Idea magazine reports in its latest edition.
The Olympic and world champion swimmer presented the 23-year-old performer with a 4.2 carat princess-cut diamond and platinum ring during a hot air balloon ride on her birthday last month.
The couple met at the 2004 Telstra Swimmer of the Year Awards, where the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter was performing.
“It took me totally by surprise,” Alley said of the proposal. “I thought the balloon ride was a great idea and I was really impressed he’d gone to so much trouble for my birthday.
“Then, as we descended over a lake, he pulled out the ring and proposed. It was an amazing moment.”
Hackett, 26, said the June 23 event was “definitely harder than swimming for gold”.
“It was a big, big build-up,” the 1500m world freestyle champion said. “I wanted to tell the whole world, but I couldn’t. I could barely sleep each night beforehand because I was so excited.”
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