Two years away from retirement, Shaun White pulled off his biggest trick yet.

The three-time Olympic gold medalist announced his engagement to “The Vampire Diaries” alum Nina Dobrev on Wednesday after five years of dating.

“She said YES,” White wrote. instagram a carousel of photos of the picturesque proposal. She also shared some sweet snaps. Instagram storyHe describes the late October evening as “the best night of my life.”

Dobrev also posted a message. announcement “RIP boyfriend, hello fiancée,” she jokes of her own photo, adding a selection of the same engagement photos. In one, to his surprise, someone puts his hands, loaded with diamonds of course, to his mouth.

White said that look of surprise was hard earned Vogue in an interview published Wednesday.

He said White’s plan to propose during the couple’s summer vacation fell through when Dobrev got married. injured his knee in dirt bike accident. Dobrev then canceled the plan, which coincided with their November trip to Cape Town, South Africa, because it looked suspicious and she was looking for a real surprise.

So White came up with his latest plan and recruited his publicist to send his now-fiancee a fake invitation to a business dinner with Anna Wintour at the Golden Swan restaurant in New York City. Dobrev agreed.

“She made the invitation look very legitimate,” Dobrev told Vogue. When she got there, she was shocked to find Shaun under an arch of white roses.

“I froze and looked at him,” she told the outlet, then — like a broken record — “No, no, no!” he continued to say.

Dobrev and White first met during a brief encounter at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, but officially met a few years later at a Florida workshop hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins. They made their relationship official in 2020.

White said the two supported each other during Covid-19 lockdowns People In 2021, Dobrev was keeping the athlete on the ground throughout her tenure. last Olympic run in Beijing.

“Nina is incredible. “What an impact on my life,” he said. “He doesn’t just run his own show, his own world, the companies he’s involved with, the things he produces, it’s all happening. “He holds me to the same high standard, which is a great thing to have in a partner.”

Dobrev celebrating White’s birthday in September in question There were too many photos, too many adventures, too many laughs, too many adorable moments to fit into one post.