Imagine someone winning a silver medal in the Olympics and all they wanna do next is hug their partner tight. It is no K-drama. It is simply how lucky Lieke Klaver is. Her long-term boyfriend, Terrence Agard, had confessed, “When you were suddenly on the track when we won silver, it made it even more beautiful. I wanted to hug you and hold you.” 

A powerful Olympic medalist couple, both specializing in 400m was certainly not something you expected. Sounds magical, for sure. But with a nine-year age gap, Klaver initially kept her boyfriend’s identity concealed for a long time. “When people know that you are dating, everyone immediately starts to interfere. It was not so much to do things secretly, but mainly to get to know each other better in peace,” Agard shared in 2023, revealing why they kept their relationship low profile. Here’s all we know about the man who has Klaver’s heart!

Terrence Agard: Tokyo Olympics silver medalist

34-year-old Terrence Agard is a track and field athlete who gave the Netherlands a shining silver in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for men’s 4 x 400m relay. Agard has been representing the Netherlands on international platforms for a decade now. His under-17 participation, however, dates back to 2006.

Besides the Olympics, he also achieved a bronze medal in the 2022 World Indoor Championships for the 4×400 m relay. He achieved the same feat in the 2024 World Indoor Championships held in the United Kingdom.

His personal best in the 4×400 m relay is 2:57.18, while for the 4×400 m relay short track, it is 3:04.25. His 2024 performance has elevated him into the top 10 athletes in the 4×400 m relay short track with a 9th finish.

But one incident could have ended his career! In September 2015, a year before Klaver and Agard started dating, the 6ft 2 inches tall sprinter had a major car crash. At that time, he was riding with other fellow sprinters, Churandy Martina and Hensley Paulina. The impact of the crash was big, and it left Agard with a broken vertebra in his neck. But because of his passion for the sport, he returned to compete only a few months later, in April 2016.

Now that Lieke Klaver has also won Olympic Gold for herself in the Paris Olympics for mixed 4 x 400m relay, the couple created their own history in track and field records. But how did they meet and how long did they withhold their relationship from the world?

How long has he been in a relationship with Lieke Klaver?

Not one, or two, but the couple has been in a relationship for eight long years. Yes, they have been dating since 2016. Klaver was 18 years old when he first met 26-year-old Terrence Agard. Naturally, she was too shy to talk to him, but she had also spewed how scared she was over their very first drinks together. The lovey-dovey couple revealed their ‘cinematic’ meeting in an interview with Helden Media.

It started with movies, really. They met in a restaurant at Papendal. In an interview with Helden Media in 2023, Lieke Klaver recalled how she had been confused over what to watch after her training when Terrence Agard passed by. He struck up a conversation with her. 

Klaver: “Just when you walked by, I lost my concentration for a moment. You asked what I was doing. Then I told you that I was looking to see if there was a good film.”
Agard: “I immediately asked: which film are we going to watch together?”
Klaver: “I saw a film that I thought was good and then you immediately said: ‘Okay, then we’re going to go see it.’ That’s how it started.”

 Agard could feel the connection from the moment they met each other, yet they took things slowly. Both of them were aware of how young Klaver was. But the sprinter fell for Klaver’s personality over and over again.

He was also fascinated by ‘her beautiful, cute face and her dimples’. He claimed that they were yin & yang, who keep one another in balance. Well, do you think it’s a match made in heaven? Let us know in the comments below.