Who Is Noah Lyles' Fiancée? All About Junelle Bromfield

Mar. 15, 2025

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield.Photo:Junelle Bromfield/Instagram

Junelle Bromfield/Instagram

OlympianNoah Lylesis engaged!

The “fastest man in the world"proposed to Jamaican athlete Junelle Bromfieldin October 2024.

“Whenever I get in a relationship, I’m very serious,” Lyles explained during an interview on theFast Lane Lifestylepodcast in June 2024. “We’re going to grow old together and it’s going to be forever.”

The couple met in 2017 through social media, and after months of talking, they met up in person. However, their first date was a bust and the two decided to stay friends rather than pursue anything more.

After that failed first date, the pair remained in touch. In 2022, Lyles decided to give romance another shot and asked her out again. Since then, they’ve become inseparable. The couple live in Florida and trained for the 2024 Paris Olympics together.

So, who is Noah Lyles’ fiancée? Here’s everything to know about Junelle Bromfield and her relationship with the world championship winner.

She is from Jamaica

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield.Junelle Bromfield/Instagram

Bromfield was born on Feb. 8, 1998, in Black River, Jamaica.

Lyles has traveled with Bromfield to her hometown many times and has embraced her culture wholeheartedly. During a2024 press conference, he wore a Jamaican-inspired Adidas kit, a fashion statement he credited to his fiancée.

He also expressed his own love of the country, telling reporters, “When you go to Jamaica, you’re treated like a freaking rock star.”

She is an Olympic sprinter

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Like Lyles, Bromfield is an Olympic-level track-and-field athlete with plenty of awards to her name.

While Lyles primarily competes in the 100 and 200 meters, Bromfield specializes in the 400, and during the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal, just like her beau.

“The run that I’m proudest about. You are a fighter,” Bromfield wrote on Instagram following her fiancé’s third-place finish.

She and Lyles started dating in August 2022

The pair, who started dating in the summer of 2022, wentInstagramofficial a few months later in December. Bromfield accompanied Lyles to the USATF Night of Legends celebration, where he took home the Male Athlete of the Year Award. The next day, they both shared images of their red carpetdate nighton social media.

In August 2023, Bromfield marked their first anniversary with a sweet message onInstagram. “Cheers to 7 years of friendship 🫂, 6 months of dating 🍽️, 1 year of being your partner 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾, And to forever loving you ❤️🙏🏿” she captioned the post.

She and Lyles were friends first

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield.Noah Lyles/Instagram

Noah Lyles/Instagram

Prior to their 2022 romance, the two were friends for several years.

During a joint interview on theFast Lane Lifestylepodcast, the couple spoke candidly about their relationship, saying Bromfield initially reached out to Lyles via social media. “I slid in the DM’s,” she admitted, laughing.

“In 2017, she slides in my DM’s and we started chitchatting a little,” Lyles then shared, adding that at first, he was “very defensive” and had his guard up. He went on to describe how their relationship unfolded over the next few months as they spoke more often and even played iPhone games together.

The following year, they finally met up in person, but surprisingly, he said, they “just didn’t click” on that first date.

“It didn’t click at all,” Bromfield added with a laugh. “It was like, ‘No, let’s just be friends.’ ”

They maintained a friendship – and a flirtation – for several years, and they didn’t talk much while in other relationships. Eventually, in 2022, they reconnected when Lyles reached out to ask Bromfield if she wanted to get together and give it another shot.

For their second date – nearly five years after they first met – the pair went out for sushi, where Lyles taught her how to use chopsticks.

Lyles has had a positive impact on her mental health

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Lyles has been extremelyopen about his own mental health, sharing his use of antidepressants in 2020 and the impact it had on his training.

“Just because I’m struggling doesn’t mean that I’m going to quit,” the athlete told PEOPLE. “I’m a human being, I’m not a superhero, I have feelings, I have emotions.”

His advocacy has had a major impact on his fans as well as his fiancée.

“I started therapy about two years ago because my boyfriend is big on therapy and felt I needed it,” Bromfield said in an interview withThe Inside Lane.“It’s been really helpful because I’ve been dealing with survivor’s guilt, which was weighing on me. Now, I feel like I can live my life fully and enjoy every moment because life is short.”

She has a close relationship with Lyles' family

Noah Lyles of USA celebrates with family and friends following the mens 100m final during day two of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 20, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.Sam Mellish/Getty

Sam Mellish/Getty

Along with his influence on mental health care, Bromfield toldThe Inside Lanethat her relationship with Lyles gave her a stronger support system. In particular, she opened up about her close bond with his family, specifically his mom, Keisha Caine.

“I want to give a big shout-out to my boyfriend and his mom because when I went to Florida, I wasn’t driving, and she took me to training and back every day, which was like 40 minutes,” she said. “That’s a support that I’m extremely grateful for.”

At some point after the pair started dating, Bromfield moved to Florida to join a track and field training group. Instead of cohabiting with Lyles, though, she initially lived with his mom, she explained on theFast Lane Lifestylepodcast.

“She now lives with me,” Lyles added. “My sister, my mom, my pops, they were heartbroken.”

She and Lyles keep their personal and professional lives separate

Although the two Olympic sprinters are in the same training group now, they keep their romantic life and their running life separate.

“Even before we started dating, we had a very good balance,” Lyles toldFast Lane Lifestylepodcast. “We’d show up to quite a few track meets that we were both at and, we weren’t dating at the time, but nobody would know that we knew each other,” he said. “We had our own mindset and our own headspace.”

Off the track, they unwind in a playful way. “We love to dance, and we love to dance together,” Lyles said. “That’s one of our main hobbies.”

He’s even shared some oftheir dance moveson social media.

She and Lyles make each other better

During an interview on theInside Trackpodcast, Lyles spoke about his strong relationship with Bromfield.

“It has taught me a lot of patience and I believe this is my best relationship ever,” he said. The athlete went on to say that they prioritize good communication as a couple, particularly since they have different needs. He explained that while he prefers to talk about conflicts right away, Bromfield typically needs some time and space to clear her head.

Although they’ve learned to adapt to one another, they also accept one another for exactly who they are.

“When we became friends, I told him that I liked him because of [his] brutal honesty,” Bromfield said on theFast Lane Lifestylepodcast. “That’s what drew me to him.”

As for Lyles, being understood and accepted for his blunt honesty was what sealed the deal. “Hearing stuff like that I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I need this woman in my life,’ ” he said.

“I already liked you but that’s a solidified answer of like, okay, we’re going to grow old together, and it’s going to be forever, and it’s going to be constant,” he shared. “Hearing things like that is like, yeah, I’d want a woman like that to raise my kids.”

Lyles proposed to her in October 2024

Junelle Bromfield and Noah Lyles.Noah Lyles/Instagram

Lyles got down on one knee andproposed to Bromfieldon Oct. 12, 2024. The Olympian arranged a romantic setup that included a heart-shaped flower display, dozens of candles and a neon sign that read: “Will you marry me?”

source: people.com