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Madison Chock and Evan Bates enter the 2026 Winter Olympics as both elite competitors and husband and wife. The Team USA ice dancers married in June 2024 and now prepare for their fourth Olympic Games together, which will air on NBC and stream on Peacock.
When the couple takes the ice in Italy, they will pursue their second Olympic gold medal after the U.S. team was awarded first place following Russia’s disqualification for doping at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates Wedding Details
Chock and Bates became engaged in Phuket, Thailand, in 2022 before officially tying the knot two years later in Waikiki, Hawaii. They married in June 2024 at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel.
For Chock, whose parents were born and raised in Hawaii, hosting their wedding on the islands carried personal meaning. The ceremony included a lei exchange, a tradition symbolizing unity.
“The leis represent unity and the coming together of separate elements to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts,” Chock told People. “In marriage, you come together as individuals to create a partnership together.”
Their skating mentor officiated the ceremony, and the couple also received a blessing from the steward of the Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to get married in Hawaii,” Chock added. “We were so excited to share the magical celebration with our loved ones, many of whom traveled to Hawaii for the first time.”
As of early 2026, Chock and Bates have been married for more than a year while continuing to train full-time for Milan Cortina.
The Three-Time World Champs Have Olympic Dreams
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The husband-and-wife duo enters the Games as favorites in ice dance and remain focused on turning years of preparation into another podium finish.
“The goal is the medal, but the dream is the feeling,” Chock told Olympics.com. “The Olympic dream is so strong because it’s so hopeful, and hope is so powerful.”
“There’s a dignity to the Games that’s so beautiful,” Bates said. “You don’t know every face you see, but everyone treats each other with respect. That’s the kind of world we hope to inspire.”
Born July 2, 1992, in Redondo Beach, California, Chock competes alongside Bates, who was born February 23, 1989, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Their partnership began in 2012 after Bates suffered a serious Achilles injury during a practice session in 2010.
“People forget that Evan completely severed his Achilles tendon,” Chock told Team USA.
“We’ve had our fair share of adversity, but I was thinking about this recently — without that, we wouldn’t be who we are. So there is a great sense of appreciation.”
Madison Chock and Evan Bates Relationship Timeline
Their professional partnership eventually turned romantic during the 2016–2017 season.
“Well, I pretty much told Maddie that I loved her,” Bates told NBC in 2018. “Last year I told [Chock] how I really felt and that changed things a lot.”
Bates later explained how their relationship strengthened their skating.
“I think growing together with your best friend in a relationship is the most fulfilling thing ever,” he said. “Our relationship has allowed us to grow on the ice so much more because it’s intertwined with who we are off the ice … She pushes me to be greater, and we just make each other better.”
Since partnering more than a decade ago, Chock and Bates have built one of the strongest resumes in American ice dance. They helped lift Team USA to silver in the team event at the 2022 Beijing Games by winning their free dance segment, which later became gold after Russia’s disqualification.
In 2023, they became the first American ice dance duo to win a world title since Charlie White and Meryl Davis achieved the feat in 2013.
Before heading to Italy, Chock and Bates secured their third consecutive world championship in March 2025. They are also three-time gold medalists at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and three-time champions at the Grand Prix Final.
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