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Cate Campbell has announced her engagement. The Olympic swimmer and her long-term partner Adam Kerr shared the happy news in an Instagram post on Sunday. Both pictured\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The 33-year-old shared a series of images of the romantic sunrise proposal, while also showing off her classic diamond sparkler<\/p>\n
‘Instead, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of course, I said “yes”\u2026(and cried a lot).<\/p>\n
‘Simply the perfect way to start the next chapter of our lives.’<\/p>\n
Less than a year ago, Cate insisted there was no engagement on the horizon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The athlete told\u00a0radio host Ben Fordham<\/a> on 2GB’s Ben Fordham Live! that her sister Bronte Campbell’s betrothal to\u00a0Benfield Lainchbury at the time had made it even less likely that Adam would pop the question.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘No definitely not, my partner Adam is like, “The pressure is off,” because he can’t steal Bronte and Benfield’s thunder for a little bit,’ she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cate had some complaints about how her sister’s engagement occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘He didn’t get down on one knee, which I was a little bit mad about, but I’m glad he popped the question,’ she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cate and Adam have been together, on and off, for six years, and the swimmer says that her partner had no idea of her fame when they met.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘A complete and wonderful surprise,’ Cate wrote in her caption alongside the carousel of photographs<\/p>\n Cate and Adam have been together, on and off, for six years, and the swimmer says that her partner had no idea of her fame when they met<\/p>\n ‘He didn’t know who I was and he maintains he never Googled me \u2013 he wasn’t star-struck!’ she told the Sydney Morning Herald <\/a>back in 2023.<\/p>\n The two split briefly when Cate moved to Sydney to pursue her swimming career, with Cate calling the breakup\u00a0her ‘biggest heartbreak.’<\/p>\n When she returned to Brisbane, the couple reconciled.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘We reconnected when I moved back to Brisbane and have been together ever since. He knows what sport means to me,’ she said.<\/p>\n Cate explained that Adam is an immense support to her when she is feeling down or exhausted.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘When you’re feeling tired, depleted or defeated, it’s okay to lean on someone and ask for them to help replenish your reserves,’ she told Nine.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n ‘Sometimes I have to lean on him and then sometimes he has to lean on me. It’s really lovely to be that reserve of strength for someone else.’\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"'A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100468071-14922741-image-a-8_1753012036612.jpg\")
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