Professional weightlifter Rob Kearney celebrated his first place win at the 2019 Arnold Pro Strongman contest in Australia by tying the knot with his longtime boyfriend, Joey Aleixo. Kearney won the Strongman qualifier event on Saturday, earning him entry into the 2020 Arnold Pro Strongman World Championship, co-founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kearney married Aleixo, also an athlete, on Sunday at Half Moon Beach, south of Melbourne. The couple wore matching outfits ― crisp, white button-up shirts, navy shorts and tan boat shoes ― during a bright day over clear ocean waters, with Kearney sporting his trademark Mohawk. “We didn’t tell many people, but on March 17, 2019, [Aleixo] and I got MARRIED,” Kearney said in an Instagram post. “To call this man my husband is a dream come true and he is and always will be my soulmate.”

Schwarzenegger, an actor, former California governor and bodybuilding legend, was one of the few people who knew of Kearney’s nuptials. He tweeted on Sunday a photo with the newlyweds and declared that the marriage may have been a first in the history of Strongman competitions.

I think this is a first: winning the @arnoldsports Strongman and getting married in the same weekend. Congratulations guys. I was honored to celebrate with you. pic.twitter.com/hrj2ruxxlY — Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) March 17, 2019

Kearney, already an established professional strongman, came out as a gay man to the bodybuilding world in 2014. In October of that year, Kearney announced that he was in a relationship with Aleixo in a man crush Monday post on Facebook. “The past few months have been crazy, but throughout all of this you’ve given me a reason to smile,” Kearney wrote in his post. “So I guess this is me coming out and saying... I’m gay!” At the time, he was the second strongest middleweight champion in the world and the first openly gay man to compete professionally in Strongmen competitions at an international level.