2026 Olympic Ice Dancing Pairs Relationships Guide: Who’s Married, Dating & More
The Olympic ice dance medals are on the line, and all the couples hitting the ice on February 11 are skating for gold. Viewers across the globe were captivated by the rhythm dance routines from the ice dancing pairs, and the free dance performances will be must-watch television for those tuning in to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina.
While Madison Chock and Evan Bates of Team USA are the most high-profile ice dancing couple who happen to be married, they’re not the only ones who’ve found love on the ice. Several of the ice dancing couples who will be skating for a free dance medal this year are married or in a romantic relationship. With all eyes on the ice dancing couples in Milan, Swooon is breaking down which pairs are married, dating, or strictly platonic. (There are even two sets of siblings!)
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Madison Chock & Evan Bates
Status: Married
Madison Chock and Evan Bates started out as just ice dancing partners in 2011. But over their years of working together, their relationship blossomed into something more. The couple started dating in 2017 and got married on June 20, 2024. The 2026 Winter Olympics marks their first Olympics as a married couple.
Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson
Status: Platonic Partners
Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have been ice dancing partners for a decade. Their relationship is strictly professional on and off the ice. Gibson is married to his husband, Joshua Walsh. Gibson came out as gay in 2020.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron
Status: Platonic Partners
Team France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron are a new ice dancing duo that has taken the Olympics by storm. They are strictly partners, with Beaudry in a relationship and Cizeron openly gay.
However, they have faced controversy regarding their former skating partners. Beaudry’s boyfriend and former ice dancing partner, Nikolaj Sorensen, was banned from skating for Canada after he was accused of sexual assault. The suspension was overturned by an appeal panel last year.
In the midst of her boyfriend’s controversy, Beaudry paired up with Cizeron, who had retired in 2022 after winning gold with Gabriella Papadakis. Leading up to the Olympics, Papadakis released her memoir, So As Not to Disappear, and accused Cizeron of being “controlling” and “demanding.” Cizeron has denied all claims made by his former partner.
Milla Ruud Reitan & Nikolaj Majorov
Status: Dating
Milla Ruud Reitan and Nikolaj Majorov, who are representing Sweden, are a new ice dancing couple. The pair confirmed their romantic relationship in 2025. They shared a sweet kiss after their performance at the Winter Olympics on February 9.
Phebe Bekker & James Hernandez
Status: Platonic Partners
Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez are skating for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics, and these two appear to be just friends. Hernandez does have a notable ex in Olympic figure skater Gracie Gold.
Holly Harris & Jason Chan
Status: Platonic Partners
Holly Harris and Jason Chan of Team Australia are solely focused on what’s happening on the ice. Details about their love lives are unknown.
“It took us about four years to really nut out our differences and make them strengths. Once we truly understood and respected each other’s styles, we began to find consistency in competition,” Harris told Olympics.com of her dynamic with Chan.
Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri
Status: Dating
Talk about a longtime love! Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri have been dating since 2009. They became partners on the ice the following year. After their February 7 performance in Milah, Guignard and Fabbri shared a passionate kiss on the ice.
Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin
Status: Married
Team Georgia’s Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin are another ice dancing pair who have married. The couple wed in 2022.
Asaf Kazimov & Sofia Val
Status: Platonic Partners
Spain’s Sofia Val and Asaf Kazimov have been dedicated to partnership on the ice through the years. But don’t get any ideas. These two are platonic partners.
Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier
Status: Platonic Partners
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Team Canada are ice dancing partners and forever besties. Gilles is happily married to Nathan Kelly, while Poirier is engaged to his longtime love, Kevin.
Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik
Status: Dating
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik are making their Olympic debut as an ice dancing duo and couple! Zingas and Kolesnik of Team USA have been dating since 2022.
Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha
Status: Platonic Partners
Canada’s Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha have been skating together since they were kids. They keep their personal lives out of the spotlight and appear to have a strictly platonic relationship.
“We were children when we started together, so shy, we didn’t even know how to talk to each other,’” Lajoie told Toronto Star ahead of the Olympics. “Now we’re like an old married couple.’”
Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko
Status: Platonic Partners
Team USA’s Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko have been partners on the ice since 2014. Unlike their teammates Chock and Bates, Carreira and Ponomarenko are just friends. “Christina, my partner, is my best friend. Nobody else matters except her. We need to have the best friendship,” Ponomarenko said in 2018.
Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac
Status: Married
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of Team Canada have been happily married since 2015. They started skating together in 2014. Naturally, their meet-cute took place on the ice.
Natálie Taschlerová & Filip Taschler
Status: Siblings
Team Czech Republic’s Natalie Taschlerova and Filip Taschler are siblings, with Taschler being two years older than his sister. “We are working so hard on this relationship,” Taschler told NBC. “Our relationship is better since we started skating together. When we were younger we fought like small kids, but now we are adults. We respect each other.”
Tim Dieck & Olivia Smart
Status: Platonic Partners
Spain’s Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck have been skating partners since 2023. Despite their on-the-ice chemistry, these two are just friends. Smart has been dating British-American ice dancer Jean-Luc Baker since 2024. Dieck is rumored to be dating ice dancer Sara Conti.
Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis
Status: Platonic Partners
Finland’s Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis are “good friends” on an off the ice, according to Versluis. “Our relationship with ice dance has evolved, and we really understand each other and the strengths of each other, so we have a good dynamic.”
Kateřina Mrázková & Daniel Mrazek
Status: Siblings
Like Taschlerová and Taschler, Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrazek of the Czech Republic are also sibling skating partners.
Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius
Status: Platonic Partners
Team Lithuania’s Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius have been an ice dancing pair for nine years, but they’ve always been just friends.
“He is by far the best partner and best friend I could have ever imagined and met and skated with,” Reed told Olympics.com. “He really put in the work. And I am just very, very proud of him and how far we’ve come.”
Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud
Status: Platonic Partners
Team France’s Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud started skating together in 2018 after finding one another Ice Partner Search. Through their professional partnership, they’ve always remained solely friends.
