. world ski news : Bode Miller and Morgan Beck engaged - 19 September 2012 - 17:39
Olympic skier and pro volleyballer `could not be more excited` to wed
Champion skier Bode Miller is engaged to Morgan Beck, a pro beach volleyball player and model. Miller, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, announced the news on Twitter Monday (Sept. 17), along with a picture of the engagement ring.
Bode Miller and Morgan Beck (c) Twitter
"I have found the one!!! And convinced her to marry me," he tweeted.
Miller later added, "It was a process @MorganEBeck is hard to convince. I'm super excited."
Bode Miller and Morgan Beck (c) ESPY Awards
Beck tweeted her own response, thanking fans "for all the love" and that the athletic couple "could not be more excited!"
Beck, 25, blogged that she's moving to San Diego to live on a yacht with Miller. She played volleyball at Cal and has earned $5.5 thousand in two years on the beach circuits.
Miller, 34, is a five-time Olympic medalist who won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games in the super combined. The New Hampshire native made headlines at the 2006 Games for his late night partying in Torino. His best finish in those Games was fifth in the downhill.
The ski racer Bode Miller said he has discovered a new outlook on his sport and his life through the eyes of his 4-year-old daughter, Dacey. (c) nytimes.com
By Drusilla Moorhouse / blog.zap2it.com
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September 18, 2012 6:10 PM ET