Olympic gold medalist shares shocking life update after taking one-way ticket to Dubai three years ago

Stephanie Rice said she has taken her husband Mark Lassey’s last name while revealing the next chapter of her life.The Aussie swimming champ has taken her fans on a rollercoaster since publicly blowing up her life and moving to Dubai “with a one-way ticket” in 2023.The 38-year-old on Monday started a new Instagram account under the name Stephanie Lassey where she promotes her Stephanie Lassey business consultant services.“For the woman who knows she’s capable of more and is sick of starting over,” she writes in her bio.“I’m rebuilding at 38, but this time, with Jesus at the center of it all.”The new account was started with an emotional photo gallery which captured the challenges and triumphs she has experienced in her personal life in recent years.The three-time Olympic gold medalist, who dominated at the Beijing Games in 2008, and Lassey, a pastor with the Kingdom church, have made a life together in Dubai.

They were married in January, 2025.“Feels like the perfect time to start a fresh account, in my new name, and with a new commitment to sharing the journey God is taking me on,” she posted.“I pray that my story would give you hope that God has the power to turn lives around, to restore what’s been broken and bless you above what you’ve asked thought or even imagined.I would really appreciate you following this new account @stephanie.lassey as I’m beginning to transition across to this account over the next few weeks.“Probably part crazy to be walking away from 140,000 people, but honestly I’d rather start again knowing the people joining now want to be apart of the story God’s writing, not the one that’s already been written, even if that’s just a small amount.

I love you all, thank you for your support.May God bless you abundantly.”Among several revealing messages, the former queen of individual medley swimming shared her life reached a turning point when she left an opportunity to become chief executive of a company...