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Olympic Gymnast Proposes to His Girlfriend in Sweet Moment After Winning NCAA Title
The Michigan Wolverines became national champions in men's gymnastics on Saturday. Their team includes two gymnasts from the bronze-medal winning U.S. team from the 2024 Paris Olympics, Paul Juda and Frederick Richard. Last summer, the two Wolverines helped the U.S. team bring home the first medal in men's gymnastics in 16 years.
At the NCAA championship meet Saturday, Juda's vault score of 13.966 closed out the event for Michigan and clinched the championship for the Wolverines. It was the seventh men's gymnastics title in program history.
THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🏆#B1GMGym x @UMichGym pic.twitter.com/OjF3SHGmW3
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) April 20, 2025
"This is all I've ever wanted," Juda said after the win, which was his first team title as a Wolverine.
Well, the day only got more special for Juda after that. Following the event, he proposed to his girlfriend Reyna Guggino, another national champion gymnast at Michigan. He grabbed the microphone on the event floor, certainly a tad nervous, before getting down on one knee and asking Guggino, "Will you marry me?"
Paul Juda proposed to his girlfriend after becoming a national champion 🥹#B1GMGym x @UMichGym pic.twitter.com/8tZwjfrI1i
— Big Ten Gymnastics (@B1GGymnastics) April 20, 2025
Michigan president Santa Ono congratulated the newly engaged couple following the sweet moment:
I couldn’t be happier for Olympic medalist @PaulJuda2 on winning both the Big Ten and national championships with @UMichGym and on his engagement to Reyna Guggino—2021 national champion and former women’s team captain. Wishing them a lifetime of happiness and fulfillment. So… pic.twitter.com/GQ1O8yevi0
— Santa Ono (@SantaJOno) April 20, 2025
You couldn't draw up a better day for Juda. He won the parallel bars individual title in addition to the team title, and he capped it off with an incredibly sweet proposal—a perfect moment for the two Michigan gymnasts.
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Blake Silverman is a writer at Sports Illustrated, primarily covering the NBA and WNBA. Before joining SI in November 2024 as a breaking/trending news writer, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation and A10Talk. He’s an alum of both Michigan State and St. Bonaventure University, receiving a master’s degree from the Bonnies’ sports journalism program. Outside of work, he’s a husband, father, yogi and fairly mediocre tennis player who’s open to any tips on how to play defense in EA Sports College Football.
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