Graves and and Cam Graves on parenting after baby loss and their Olympic goals
Distance runners Lana Van Hout-Graves and Cam Graves discuss balancing their professional athletic careers, including Olympic aspirations, with parenting after experiencing pregnancy loss. The couple shares their journey of resilience and their recent partnership as brand ambassadors.
Why it matters
The story highlights the intersection of elite sports, personal tragedy, and family life, providing a human-interest perspective on high-performance athletes.
Lana Van Hout-Graves and and Cam Graves, with son Arthur.
Warning: This article discusses miscarriage and baby loss
Lana Van Hout-Graves and Cam Graves have raced alongside each other for nearly a decade: through a wedding, two heart-breaking losses and now life with son Arthur.
After a missed opportunity on a TV ad shoot, the couple reconnected when Van Hout-Graves joined her future husband’s running club.
The distance runners and content creators both have wins under their belt.
Van Hout-Graves, who also competed on Celebrity Treasure Island , won the Auckland 12km Traverse and Kerikeri Half Marathon, while Graves was the cross country and 10,000m national champion. He’s currently training for the marathon at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The pair married in 2022 after getting engaged on the Haast Pass. They suffered two pregnancy losses before welcoming baby Arthur earlier this year.
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