Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams marries Tinder date Craig Ham

Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams has tied the knot with her partner Craig Hamjust 18 months after the pair met on the online dating app, Tinder. The 32-year-old wore a white Augusta Jones dress at her wedding to 36-year-old soldier Craig at St Nicholas's Church in Bathampton, the village where Amy was raised.

Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams has tied the knot with her partner Craig Ham just 18 months after the pair met on the online dating app, Tinder. 

The 32-year-old wore a white Augusta Jones dress at her wedding to 36-year-old soldier Craig at St Nicholas's Church in Bathampton, the village where Amy was raised.

The couple got engaged just 12 weeks after first swiping right on the application, on which users can look for a partner based on members' images. 

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Amy Williams has married her partner Craig Ham just 18 months after meeting him on Tinder

Amy Williams has married her partner Craig Ham just 18 months after meeting him on Tinder

Amy, who won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the skeleton bob event, said previously that she had given up hope of finding love and had resigned herself to being single.

Just weeks later, she met Craig, a warrant officer class two (AQMS) with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, last year, and the pair announced their engagement in July.

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Speaking about their big day to HELLO! magazine, Amy said: 'After two weeks together it was like, "This is it". 

'I was thinking about the awesome days in my life and realised a wedding day tops everything,' the athlete-turned-Gadget-Show presenter said. 

The pair instantly fell for each other and were engaged just 12 weeks after first meeting 

The pair instantly fell for each other and were engaged just 12 weeks after first meeting 

The couple only met because Amy logged onto the dating app while on a train from London to Bath Their whirlwind relationship went from strength to strength as they fell more in love

The couple only met because Amy logged onto the dating app while on a train from London to Bath

The couple only met because Amy logged onto dating app Tinder while travelling on a train from London to Bath.

Tinder uses GPS to find a user's location and suggests possible matches – Craig was based in Hampshire and Amy was passing through Reading at the time. 

'I didn't know what I was doing,' she laughs. 'I was an accident,' adds her new husband.

Amy took home a gold medal for the women's skeleton held at the winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010

Amy took home a gold medal for the women's skeleton held at the winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010

Successful: Amy pictured with Prince Harry at Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London

Successful: Amy pictured with Prince Harry at Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London

Amy wore an Augusta Jones dress from her Krystle Brides of Bath boutique on her wedding day while Craig wore his ceremonial uniform, including Cambridge-blue beret.  

As an MBE, Amy could have had her pick of grand wedding venues, such as Bath Abbey, but she chose the church that she had attended since the age of six and sung in the choir.

See the full exclusive story in this week's Hello!

See the full exclusive story in this week's Hello!

The couple are both thankful that they logged onto Tinder that day. 

Amy said: 'It was meant to be.'

Speaking of their engagement to Hello! last year, the pair revealed that they tried to slow down their relationship initially but they had an unstoppable connection.

'I swear, we felt we had known each other forever,' Amy said.

'I really believe in soulmates, and instantly, it was like, I know this guy. It’s as if he has always been there.

'I don’t know if it was love at first sight, because I’m thinking, "Okay, don’t fall head over heels." But it didn’t even need to be like that.

‘Because it was like, oh wow, this is the guy I have always been looking for and hoping and planning to meet.'

Her fiance Craig added: 'At first I didn’t know what to expect because of Amy’s job and being in the spotlight. But I soon realised she is really down to earth and has a heart of gold. And we really clicked.' 

See the full exclusive story in Hello! magazine issue 1394, out now.

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