Article by Roxana Fleşeru – published on Saturday, August 30, 2025, 15:57 / Updated on Saturday, August 30, 2025 16:03
Australian Kyle Chalmers (27) And his fiancée, the Norwegian swimmer Ingeborg Løyning (24 years old), became parents, Astrid Olivia being the name they chose for the newborn.
Kyle Chalmers won two medals at the Singapore World Championships: a gold with 4×100 m free and a free bronze, being only exceeded by David Popovici and Jack Alexy. Thursday, he became the father of a little girl.
The happy event was announced on Instagram by Kyle Chalmers on Friday and illustrated with two pictures: one with all three and the other only with the little girl. “Astrid Olivia. Born at 8:38 in the morning, on August 28, 2025. We are obsessed with you ”, He transmitted the 2016 Olympic champion in the 100 m free test.
The Norwegian swimmer Løyning explained the meaning of the name Astrid in a separate Instagram post: “Significance: Divine of beautiful; loved by gods.”
Kyle Chalmers: “I want to be the best Possil father”
The posting of the two new parents has gathered many messages from the Australian stars of the swimming, from the past and today. “I am very happy for you two! Astrid is very lucky to have both of you as parents. Congratulations again,” wrote the double champion in Paris, Shayna Jack. Ariarne Titmus, four times Olympic gold medalist, added: “It is so beautiful, you should be very proud.” Libby Trickett, mother of five children and quadruple of the Olympic champion, commented: “Congrats! The little girls are simply wonderful.”
“I am very excited about what follows and I want to be the best father possible. This will be my main priority. But success at the Los Angeles Olympics and in the coming years until there is just as important to me. I am curious to see how it will work, to be a fantastic father and, at the same time, an elite athlete. I have to try to find the balance ”,the Australian said two weeks ago.
Kyle and Ingeborg are together since 2022. In June 2024 they announced their engagement, and in March 2025 they revealed that a little girl was waiting. The Australian said, in an interview before the birth of Astrid, that he is prepared for sleepless nights: “I was never a man to sleep too much, I get 6 hours. In the hardest stages of the workouts I did not sleep more than 2-3 hours a night, which for other swimmers may seem like 8 hours. The Los Angeles Olympics will grow large enough to no longer need sleepy nights, “Kyle said.
