By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
Australian Olympic gold medalist Shayna Jack was married on October 8, a wedding that has generated an explosion of content on her social media pages.
The recently-retired Australian swimmer, who turned 28 this week, married Australian Kookaburras field hockey player Joel Rintala. The ceremony was held at The Valley Estate in Currumbin Valley on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in an outdoor ceremony and reception.
The couple met at the Queensland Academy of Sport and were together for a decade before they were engaged in August 2024 after the Paris Olympics.
Jack’s bridal party didn’t include any elite swimmers, though plenty were in attendance at the bridal shower, wedding (and made an appearance in the flood of photos and videos). That includes her younger brother Jamie Jack, who is currently carving his own path and rising in global sprint rankings.
Jack retired after the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
“I wanted to bear my heart to Australia and to everyone I’ve represented over the years,” Jack said of going out on her own terms at the Commonwealth Games.
“I want to go out there, head held high, proud of who I am, proud of who I’m representing, proud of what I’m saying goodbye to.”
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Shayna Jack Background
James Sutherland contributed to this report.
Jack is coming off a strong showing at the Australian Swimming Trials in June, placing 2nd in the women’s 50 free (24.37) and 3rd in the 100 free (52.96) to earn a berth on the Commonwealth team. She opted out of representing Australia at Pan Pacs, and we now know the reason why.
The Brisbane native had a decorated junior career on the international stage, winning two gold and nine total medals between the 2013 and 2015 World Junior Championships while also claiming two gold and four total medals at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.
She made her senior international debut at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, winning three relay medals for the Aussies while also earning a semi-final berth in the 50 free at the age of 18.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Jack led off the Australian women’s 4×100 free relay that broke the world record in 3:30.05, and she also earned a pair of 4th-place finishes in the 50 and 100 free. She also contributed to the victorious Australian women’s 4×100 free relay at the 2018 Pan Pacs.
That year marked Jack’s first training under Boxall, but in 2019, her career was turned on its head.
After qualifying for the 2019 World Championships, Jack tested positive for Ligandrol during an out-of-competition test. Jack maintained her innocence throughout the process, which included an investigation by Australia’s anti-doping organization, ASADA (now known as Sport Integrity Australia).
Initially receiving a four-year suspension from ASADA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced Jack’s suspension down to two years in 2020, ruling that she did not intentionally take the substance.
After her suspension expired in July 2021, Sport Integrity Australia and the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed the CAS’ reduction to her ban, but the CAS upheld its ruling that her ban had been served in full, allowing her to return to competition.
Jack returned to the international stage in 2022, winning the first long course world title of her career at the World Championships in Budapest in the women’s 4×100 free relay while adding a silver medal in the mixed medley relay.
She also won three medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, including gold in the women’s 4×100 free relay along with an individual silver in the 100 free and an individual bronze in the 50 free.
Jack then racked up five medals at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, including three relay golds and an individual silver in the 50 free. In the women’s 4×100 free relay, Jack contributed a blistering 51.69 split as the Aussies broke their own world record by nearly two seconds in 3:27.96. She also set her 100 free lifetime best of 52.28 leading off the relay in the prelims.
In 2024, after missing out on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 while serving her suspension, Jack qualified for her first Olympic team at the Australian Trials, winning the 50 free in a lifetime best of 23.99 while placing 2nd in the 100 free.
At the Paris Olympics, Jack won a pair of gold medals on the Australian women’s 4×100 free and 4×200 free relays while placing 5th in the 100 free and 8th in the 50 free individually.
Earlier that year, she added to her medal haul at the 2024 World Championships, piling up six medals including gold in the women’s 4×100 medley relay and an individual bronze in the 100 free.
Jack missed out on qualifying for the Australian team at the 2025 World Championships, placing 5th in the 100 free and 8th in the 100 free at last year’s Aussie Trials, but rebounded to make the Commonwealth team earlier this year.
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