Cole Hocker, an American middle and long-distance runner, won the gold medal in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He also set the Olympic and North American area records of 3:27.65.
As Cole rose to the limelight, netizens speculated him to be gay despite having a girlfriend, Sarah Levy.
Highlights
- Cole Hocker doesn’t seem to be gay as he rented a house with his girlfriend and two other postcollegiate athletes in Virginia.
- He and Sarah Levy possibly dated since August 12, 2023, but Sarah mentioned strictly roommates on Cole’s Instagram post.
- Sarah is an Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) project manager.
Cole Hocker won multiple state and national-level races at Cathedral High School. He began running competitively at a young age and recorded a time of 4:36 in the mile as an eighth grader.
He won the 2018 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships and finished second at the 2018 Nike Cross Nationals.
Cole also won four NCAA titles while competing for the University of Oregon but announced turning professional on September 13, 2021, forgoing his remaining NCAA eligibility.
He made his professional debut in the 3,000-meter race at the 2022 Millrose Games and finished in third position.
Similarly, he earned second and third national titles at the 2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Cole Hocker Is Possibly Dating Sarah Levy
Netizens speculate Cole Hocker is gay and searched for his boyfriend, but there isn’t any solid proof that leads to his same-gender relationship.
However, he might be dating the University of Oregon alumni Sarah Levy. She was also a physical education teacher.
Sarah, an Oregon Ducks rowing team member, earned First Team Academic All-American honors in June 2021.
She served as an environmental policy & communication intern at 15E Communications.
According to her LinkedIn profile, she is a project manager at the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC).
Cole and Sarah may have been dating since August 12, 2023, when Cole posted a picture of them traveling to Leuven, Belgium.
However, Sarah commented that they were “strictly roommates” in the same picture, and Cole replied that they were “nothing more nothing less.”
According to Roanoke Times, Cole rented a house with his girlfriend and two other postcollegiate athletes before buying that house in May.
Thus, Cole Hocker doesn’t seem to be gay.
Additional Information
- 23 years old Cole Hocker was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 6, 2001. His father’s name is Kyle.
- He is skilled in digitally mixing his music and plays the piano and guitar off the track. He is on Spotify and released a song, “For the Crowd,” under Davvage.
- Cole has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2024.
