Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis is engaged to marry his paralegal partner Johnny Chaillot, People magazine reported Monday.
"I finally met my soul mate — the more I fall in love with Johnny, the more I fall in love with myself. This is what the universe had in store for both of us," Louganis, 53, told the magazine.
The four-time gold medalist won back-to-back Olympic titles in springboard and platform diving at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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After his diving career ended, Louganis revealed he was gay in 1994 and announced he was HIV-positive a year later.
Louganis works as an athlete mentor for USA Diving. He’s also been featured as a coach on ABC’s reality diving competition "Splash."
Chaillot, 52, works for the Los Angeles-based law firm Loeb & Loeb.
There was an outpouring of support for the happy couple on Twitter after the announcement.
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