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Olympian Mariafe Artacho del Solar has welcomed a baby boy with her husband Jack Curtin.
The 31-year-old took to social media to announce the happy news and reveal the newborn’s adorable name.
‘Luka Michael Curtin arrived in the world on Saturday, the 9th of August,’ wrote the beach volleyball champion. ‘We love you so much, our darling boy!
Mariafe, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, included a gallery of cute pictures of her newborn in the Instagram post.
In one snap, Luka, wrapped up in his cot in a thick blanket, can be seen sporting an impressive head of dark hair.
Mariafe posted another photo of her little boy dressed in an oversized cardigan with a ‘welcome world’ sign.
Olympian Mariafe Artacho del Solar has welcomed a baby boy with her husband Jack Curtin. Both pictured
The 31-year-old took to social media to announce the happy news and reveal the newborn’s adorable name
It wasn’t long before the couple were inundated with well wishes.
‘Congratulations!!!’ wrote Australian swimmer Cam McEvoy, who welcomed his first child only last month.
‘Beautiful, congrats guys,’ added Steeplechase competitor Gen Gregson, who was part of the Australian Paris 2024 team.
‘He’s finally here!! Congratulations. Luka is gorgeous,’ wrote swimmer Shayna Jack.
Mariafe made headlines in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics alongside teammate Taliqua Clancy when the pair brought home the silver medal in the beach volleyball finals.
The dogged pair competed in a gruelling match against the US team of April Ross and Alix Klineman on Friday, hoping to win Australia’s second gold medal in the sport.
The pair had earlier defeated Latvia in straight sets winning 23-21 and 21-13 in just 43 minutes, which sent them into the final.
But the American proved too good.
‘Luka Michael Curtin arrived in the world on Saturday, the 9th of August,’ wrote the beach volleyball champion. ‘We love you so much, our darling boy!’
Mariafe competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Mariafe had played in the 2016 Games with her then partner Nicole Laird and didn’t win a game while Clancy made it to the quarter-finals with her former teammate Louise Bawden.
The new duo got together in 2017 and won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Mariafe, who was born in Peru, moved to Australia when she was 11 with her mother and in 2012 relocated to Adelaide to take up a beach volleyball scholarship.
In 2024 Mariafe announced she had no plans to retire.
‘I’ve always wanted to make it to five Olympics, finishing at home in Brisbane [in 2032],’ she said.
‘So I’d love to come back for it. We’ll see what life has in store,’ reported Seven News at the time.
