You are working on Staging1

Olympic Gold Medalist Maya DiRado Announces Pregnancy

Olympic gold medalist Maya DiRado has announced that she is pregnant with a baby boy alongside her husband Robert Andrews

DiRado made the announcement over his Instagram page, posting a photo of the gender reveal:

DiRado represented the United States at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, where she won 4 Olympic medals, including gold medals in the 200 backstroke and 4×200 freestyle relay. 

After Rio, DiRado announced her retirement from competitive swimming and went to work at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. 

Collegiately, DiRado competed for Stanford, where she was a 2-time NCAA Champion, winning both the 200 and 400 IM in 2014. She graduated from Stanford with a Bachelor of Science in Management Science and Engineering in 2014. Following her graduation, she married Andrews in 2015.

Andrews also swam at Stanford, graduating as a 6-time CSCAA All-American in swimming in 2012. While there, Andrews studied Biomechanical Engineering and also worked as a teaching assistant. He currently works as a Chief Technology Officer at the company Zigazoo. 

 

In This Story

48
Leave a Reply

Subscribe
Notify of

48 Comments
newest
oldest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Katelyn Redwood
3 years ago

Your going to have a baby boy.

Measles had a vaccine too
3 years ago

Disappointed to see the amount of dislikes on this post. Anti vaxxer presence is strong on swimswam…

Anonymoose
3 years ago

plot twist: rob is the dogs name and winston her husbands name

octopus
3 years ago

Congratulations and wishing much happiness

Drake
3 years ago

MA made her relevant again

Yup
Reply to  Drake
3 years ago

then made himself irrelevant in just 30.69 seconds….

anonymous
Reply to  Yup
3 years ago

then made himself relevant with a Gold medal and WR

Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

I’ve never seen someone living a more perfect and complete life than Maya. Well deserved of course, but I can’t be the only one who’s a little jealous!

Irish Ringer
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

I think Deepblue beat you to that one

That jerk Mitch
3 years ago

Had she been trying for years and years with no success? Why is there an article bout this? This is not special or relevant in 2021.

Ol' Longhorn
Reply to  That jerk Mitch
3 years ago

True to your screen name.

Coach
3 years ago

Wishing the baby good health, love, and a lifetime of happiness.

MTK
Reply to  Coach
3 years ago

People are downvoting well wishes for a BABY? Tough crowd.

moddiddle
Reply to  MTK
3 years ago

My theory why people downvote engagement/pregnancy posts is because many commentators wished they could’ve been the one to have X swim star’s kid because of that star’s incredible genes. Instead those genes will be going to some other person’s kid.

Last edited 3 years ago by moddiddle
Anonymoose
Reply to  moddiddle
3 years ago

well judging by the votes your theory isnt much agreed with. genes my ass

Here Comes Lezak
Reply to  MTK
3 years ago

You can disagree with the way she handled the Andrew situation and still be happy for her that she is having a baby. It’s possible to hold two thoughts in your head people!

About Braden Keith

Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

Read More »