Who Is Breanna Stewart's Wife? All About Marta Xargay Casademont

Breanna Stewart has found a lifelong partner in Marta Xargay Casademont.

The basketball players met for the first time while playing for a Russian professional women’s basketball club. In 2021, within a few months, the couple got engaged, married and welcomed their first child, daughter Ruby Mae Stewart Xargay.

“The best part of this year was becoming a mother and starting a family with my amazing wife,” Marta wrote on Instagram in August 2021, just a week after her daughter was born.

In October 2023, Breanna and Marta welcomed their second child: a son, Theo Josep Stewart Xargay.

So who is Breanna Stewart’s wife? Here’s everything you need to know about the retired basketball player and her relationship with the WNBA star.

She was born in Spain

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According to ESPN, Breanna’s wife was born in Girona, Spain on December 20, 1990. Marta posts in both English and Spanish on her Instagram account.

She was a professional basketball player

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Like his wife, Marta also played basketball. Marta began playing for the WNBA in February 2015 when she joined the Phoenix Mercury as a guard. She also played for Spain at the 2016 Olympics, where she and the Spanish women’s basketball team took home a silver medal.

In 2021, Marta announced her retirement from the sport in a farewell statement in Spanish on Instagram, along with which she wrote: “Goodbye, but you will always be in my memories and I will always cherish the memories I made with you 🏀🤍.”

She and Breanna met playing basketball

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Breanna and her husband met while playing together for the Russian women’s basketball club Dynamo Kursk during the 2018-19 season, but they didn’t talk much because they both already had their own friends.

“She was in Russia long before me, I came later,” Breanna told PEOPLE. “I was trying to come up with a team… But then, as it went on, I [started] building a relationship with all his teammates.”

She added, “And then I’m more interested in Martha, but I’m still, you know, nervous to do anything.”

Breanna’s injury sparked their relationship

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In April 2019, Breanna ruptured her Achilles tendon, forcing her to fly home to the United States to recover. In a short YouTube video from TOGETHXR x Bleacher Report, Marta revealed that her and Breanna’s relationship “started” the night the American-born basketball player got hurt.

“I just remember being in that kind of place where it was like, you know, something horrible happened and then at the same time something incredible happened,” Breanna said in the film.

Breanna added that the recovery process and the distance while Marta finished the season in Russia were crucial in the development of their relationship.

“Being injured was like a blessing in disguise,” she said. “Those moments and memories were huge for what helped our relationship blossom into what it is.”

Breanna proposed to her in 2021

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On May 2, 2021, Breanna revealed that she had popped the question to Marta. “I did something. Another ring. She said YES. 💍🥰 #wife”, she wrote on Instagram with photos from the proposal.

Marta also shared pictures on her profile, writing: “Life is not only moments, but with whom we share them! I said YES 💍 #wife.”

The proposal happened on a desert hike in Phoenix, Arizona — which Marta didn’t want to go on at first.

“I was complaining because she wanted to go hiking. You know it’s super convenient in Phoenix so I just said, ‘I don’t want to be outside.’ She planned the whole day, she told me to go for a walk, to do something, to take pictures, I said, ‘Okay, let’s do it,’ she said Republic of Arizona days after the proposal.

She and Breanna were married in a private ceremony

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The couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on July 6, 2021. Footage from the ceremony was featured in Breanna and Marta’s short film from TOGETHXR x Bleacher Report, which features the flannel jacket and jeans-clad brides as they exchange their vows.

They had several witnesses – including their friend and co-star Katie Lou Samuelson and her boyfriend – and kissed and cheered after they finished their vows.

After the wedding, the newlyweds told Brides that they were waiting for their big wedding when the COVID-19 pandemic is over. I just want the food to be amazing, Breanna said. “The donut wall, the pizzeria and whatever, all those things are coming.”

She and Breanna have two children

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The couple welcomed their first child, Ruby, via surrogate on August 9, 2021, after Breanna froze her eggs in 2019 while injured and not playing.

“Ruby’s arrival was the best part of 2021 and easily one of the best moments of my life,” Breanna told PEOPLE after the birth of her daughter. “Becoming a mom is bigger than anything I’ve done and I’m looking forward to every beautiful and challenging moment as a family of three.”

Breanna Stewart celebrates a big win for US women’s basketball with her husband Martha and daughter Ruby

Ruby was born the day after Breanna won her second Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

“It was a surreal moment,” she told PEOPLE. “You don’t see a lot of female athletes or basketball players who are able to be at their peak and also be able to start a family or have a child.”

A year later, Marta and Ruby appeared alongside Breanna as she and the rest of the US Women’s National Basketball Team celebrated their fourth consecutive World Cup victory in October 2022. Marta posted photos from the special moment on her Instagram, writing, “Congratulations Amor, no one deserves this more than you.”

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Breanna revealed on Mother’s Day 2023 that she and Marta were expecting their second child. The basketball star shared a photo of himself holding his wife’s growing baby bump, while Marta holds their daughter Ruby.

On October 25, 2023, the couple welcomed their son Theo Josep Stewart Xargay into the world.

He posts sweet praises to Breanna

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The retired basketball player’s Instagram page is full of sweet tributes to her wife, whom she lovingly called her “world” and “favorite person in the world.”

In 2020, Marta wrote that Breanna is “like no one else in the world. When I’m with her, it’s like my soul is splitting in half. A part of me burns, I go crazy if I don’t touch her. The other half is calm, peaceful and perfectly content knowing that she is the one for me.”

She supported Breanna at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Marta and the couple’s two children traveled to Paris to watch Breanna and her teammates on the US women’s basketball team win gold at the 2024 Olympics. With an American flag draped over her shoulders, Breanna hugged her entire family in the stands after the big win.

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