Olympian Isadora Cerullo Gets Engaged at Rio Rugby Field

With a massive number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes currently competing in the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the inspiring stories have flooded the internet. Our current favorite? The unique and very Olympics-style engagement of rugby player Isadora Cerullo. As the winners of the first ever women’s sevens finals were announced, Cerullo became the first athlete to accept a marriage proposal at the Games. Per the Independent:

Marjorie Enya, a 28-year-old volunteer manager at the stadium, proposed to her girlfriend, rugby player Isadora Cerullo, in a rousing speech on the pitch met with a round of applause, following the medal ceremony of the inaugural rugby competition.

Ms Cerullo, 25, is a member of the Brazil squad who finished ninth in the tournament after failing to beat Japan.

“The Olympic Games can look like closure for me but it’s starting a new life with someone,” Ms Enya told the BBC.

“As soon as I knew she was in the squad I thought I have to make this special,” she said. “I know rugby people are amazing and they would embrace it.”

“She is the love of my life.

“I wanted to show people that love wins.”

Ms Cerullo, who has been in a relationship with her fiancé for two years, grew up in the US and holds dual Brazil-US citizenship.

She and Ms Enya moved to Sao Paulo in order for her to focus on making Brazil’s squad for the Rio Games.

The Rio Olympics will also see the first ever same-sex couple compete together. “British hockey players Kate Richardson-Walsh and Helen Richardson-Walsh will be competing in the Olympics for the fourth time this year after helping Great Britain win its first Olympic hockey medal in London in 2012,” according to the Independent.

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