3-Time Olympic Medalist Zac Incerti Joins ‘Love Island Australia’ Cast

Australian Olympic medal winning swimmer Zac Incerti has been cast on Season 7 of the hit global reality dating television show Love Island Australia. While other versions of the show have had high level athletes appear, Incerti is believed to be the first Olympic medalist to appear as part of the cast on the global franchise.

Incerti, 29, won bronze medals as part of the Australian 800 free relay at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, and another bronze as part of the Australian 400 free relay in Tokyo. He swam in the finals for both 2020 relays, while in 2024 he raced a prelims leg.

Incerti last raced at the 2025 Australian Swimming Trials, where he posted times of 48.46 in the 100 and 1:45.80 in the 200 free. While he finished 6th in the 100, he scratched out of finals of the 200 after being the fastest swimmer in the morning. His time was 3rd-best overall, though he ultimately wasn’t selected for the World Championship team.

He hasn’t raced since those Trials in June of this year.

A press release from Australia’s Nine television network says that:

He admits doing Love Island Australia is completely out of his comfort zone, but that’s what appeals to him. After all those mornings training in the pool, following the black line, doing something like Love Island Australia is so random and out of the box that he loves it.

Zac has also had a more recent long-term relationship breakup, so the show has come along at exactly the right time.

The show, aside from certain special seasons, is not generally a “celebrity casting” series, though there are often ‘models’ and ‘social media influencers’ as part of the cast – and most of the cast have some past of trying to build a public personality. Careers of other contestants on this season include a nurse, a salesman, and a plumber.

The show involves putting a group of single adults together in a huge villa, with contestants being required to couple up to stay on the show. Recouplings happen throughout the season, and single islanders risk being dumped from the island.

The winning pair, based on a public vote, receive a $50,000 prize, though one person from the pair can choose to keep the money for themselves in the ultimate symbol of trust.

Nobody across all seasons and all franchises has kept the money – likely because the real payday is from the brand deals and massive social media following earned from the show. Season 1 winner Tayla Damir Broad, for example, has almost half-a-million followers on Instagram, though she ultimately married an Australian Rules Football player who she did not leave the show with.

The first episode of the show airs October 27.