Amber Brkich

Robert Carlo "Boston Rob" Mariano is an American television personality, widely known for appearing in several reality shows, including Survivor, and The Amazing Race with his wife, Amber Brkich Mariano. Mariano won Survivor: Redemption Island and the $1,000,000 prize after competing on the show... four times. Mariano also holds the Survivor record of being the only player to compete 4 times and not be a member of the jury, as well as for spending the most days playing the game at 117 days. Born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and raised in Canton, Massachusetts, Rob Mariano attended Xaverian Brothers High School, where he played golf and tennis. In 1999, Bob Mariano graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Boston University and was also the Boston University coach of their Hockey rollerblade Team. At the time he first entered Survivor, he was a 25 year old construction worker. In 2005, Mariano and Amber Brkich, his Survivor sweetheart, were married in a private ceremony at Atlantis Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. CBS aired a 2 hour special about the wedding on May 24, 2005. After their marriage, the couple moved to Pensacola, Florida.
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