6 couples who won medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Ashton Eaton (decathlon, USA) and Brianne Theisen-Eaton (heptathlon, Canada)

Ashton Eaton embraces his wife after winning the gold in the Men's Decathlon

The athletics power couple Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, married since 2013, rooted for each other that helped them grab a men’s decathlon gold and a women’s heptathlon bronze respectively. They represented different countries but that did not stop them from being at each other’s sides throughout their Rio journey.

American Ashton Eaton, who was defending his 2012 decathlon gold, was even ridiculed for sporting a Canada cap in support of his wife’s country while she competed. Not only that, the 28-year-old even asked his Twitter followers to keep on backing her even after she had a forgettable start to her campaign.

With so much love pouring for her, the 27-year-old Canadian made a massive comeback to leap from the sixth position to finish third. She reciprocated it later on, to witness her husband equal the Olympic record en route to winning the gold and truly establishing himself as the ‘World’s Greatest Athlete.’

“To share this moment as Olympians, as Olympic medalists, with her is awesome,” Eaton later on, said about that priceless moment when both became Rio Olympic medallists.