© 2020 CrossFit, LLC CrossFit, Forging Elite Fitness, 3...2...1...Go!, Fittest on Earth and Sport of Fitness are trademarks of CrossFit, LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. 2020 marks Holte’s seventh appearance in the Games. More News. Winnning the Dubai CrossFit Championship in December 2019 he earned his 5th trip to compete at the 2020 Games. Tanya Wagner took second place and Gillian Mounsey took third.. She is the reigning five-time British National Champion. We’ve asked four CrossFit Games athletes, widely regarded as being among the fittest people in the world, to devise short, sharp workout routines that you can try, without the need for gym equipment or exercise machines. The CrossFit equivalent would be athletes conducting a 3-4 hour long WOD before competing. He ranked 19th with team CrossFit Kilo in his debut and fourth place in 2019 with team OC3 Black. In the final stage of the 2020 CrossFit Games, the top five men and women who emerged from Stage 1 gathered in Northern California to compete for the title of Fittest on Earth. Previously, Roelle competed at the Games as a member of team CrossFit Dwala in 2018 to a 31st place finish. After achieving the 18th rank in the Open worldwide, Heppner will return for his fifth career appearance at the Games. Each event could only be performed once and every athlete was judged in person by an experienced member of CrossFit’s Seminar Staff. Russia, Finland, Iceland, and the UK each have one athlete. The virtual competition took place on September 18 and 19 across affiliates around the world. There is some steep competition in Canada, but Cournoyer managed to place fourth in the country and 12th overall in the Open worldwide. That run continued in 2020 where her 6th place rank stamped her ticket to compete at the Games. Past examples include a rough-water swim, a softball throw, and a pegboard climb. Mathew Fraser Is the Five-Time Fittest Man on Earth, Rich Froning Skydives With the U.S Army Golden Knights. The two-time Fittest Woman on Earth has finished in the top five at The CrossFit Games every year since 2015. A reasonably consistent athlete on the biggest stage, his previous four appearances in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019 have seen a 10th place finish and two 12th place finishes. BarBend is the Official Media Partner of USA Weightlifting. Her previous two finishes were 15th and 7th in 2018 and 2019, respectively. CrossFit founder Greg Glassman has long declared CrossFit as a workout regimen that prepares individuals for “the unknown and unknowable.” Perhaps that’s why many of the CrossFit Games events are not revealed until athletes actually arrive at the competition venue. At his debut in 2019, he finished in 15th place. It was hot that day. 2018 We take not one but two teams to The CrossFit Games. Invictus and the Sea of Green is a very welcoming community and it is amazing to be a part of it! Stage 1 of the 2020 CrossFit Games saw 30 men and 30 women compete online over seven scored events. She has finished in the top 10 of the Open worldwide every year since 2016 (the year she ranked first), including 2020 where she ranked 5th. This will be her Simmonds’s fifth time competing in the 2020 Games, and her fourth time as an individual. Last year, she finished in 75th place in her debut in the women’s division. Stage one of the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games kicks off this Friday, September 18th with 30 men and 30 women competing remotely online. The Top Female CrossFitter for 2008 is Caity Matter of Gahanna, OH, where she trains with Rogue Fitness. Saunders has been a mainstay at the Games since 2012 (minus 2019, which she took off due to her pregnancy). 2020 Games: 2007 Reload and Corn Sack Sprint. After an ACL tear in 2018 sidelining him for a while, he came back in force this past season, including a podium finish at the Pandaland CrossFit Challenge. The 2021 Season Schedule, Beginning With the Open March 11, Watch The 2020 CrossFit Games Finals: Live Archive, Fitness, Advocacy, and the Journey to Self-Discovery, Unforgettable Moment in CrossFit History: Tia vs. Kara, Athletes Reflect on Most Difficult CrossFit Games in History, A Message From Eric Roza on This Year's CrossFit Games, 2020 Spirit of the Games Award Winner—Katrin Davidsdottir. Koski will be the lone male athlete representing Finland. With nine championships between them — five for Fraser, four for Toomey — they are undoubtedly the Fittest in History. The only athlete that bested him that weekend was 4-time Fittest Man on Earth Mathew Fraser who qualified for the Games as the runner-up in the Open worldwide. The CrossFit Games Begin in 4 Days, #CFGCheers. A unique aspect of Vincelette’s training is that she trains without a coach and does not follow a particular nutrition plan. LGBTQ+ athletes and advocates have vocally opposed the transgender policy at the CrossFit Games since 2014, when CrossFitter Chloie Jonsson filed a $2.5 million discrimination lawsuit after being unwillingly outed as trans by a gym member — and was subsequently informed that she would have to compete in the men’s division, despite having medically transitioned a decade earlier. Although the two-stage hybrid format for the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games is unlike anything athletes have experienced before, the roster in both the men’s and women’s divisions are stacked. BarBend is an independent website. Tommy Marquez chats with Mat Fraser after the 2020 Games. He ranked fourth at that event, which meant that the invitation slid through Patrick Vellner, Cole Sager, and Noah Ohlsen who finished on the podium, as they all qualified through their top 20 finishes in the Open worldwide. He is arguably one of the most consistent athletes on the Games stage. Wells has always made the top 15. She secured her invite by finishing third at Strength in Depth UK. This was her first time breaking into the top 10 in the Open, but previously managed to rank in the top 20 for four consecutive years. 10 CrossFit Games Athletes Share Their Favorite WODs Read article. This year was the sixth year in a row that Reason-Thibault finished in the top 20 (five of which were top 10) in the worldwide Open. In other professional sports, athletes walk into a stadium with a clear idea of what their work day will look like … He earned his way to his fourth Games appearance through an invite that slid down to his 21st ranking in the Open worldwide. His only other appearance was on team CrossFit Nordic in 2016. She has been a regular at the Games since 2017 and has improved her standing each year consistently — 22nd in her debut and 16th in 2018. He already has a trio of top 10 finishes with his best performance being fifth place in 2016. Russia, Finland, Iceland, and the UK each have one athlete. At 33 years of age, Gamboa is the oldest male athlete in the 2020 field. Reason-Thibault has yet to crack the top 10 in her appearances at the Games but did finish in the top 20 four out of five times. At 5’1 134 lb, the former gymnast is one of the smallest female competitors at the CrossFit Games but still a serious force to be reckoned with. See coverage here. In 2019, he competed on team PRO1 and placed ninth. Stage One Games Events 1 and 2 Announced! This will be Gamboa’s third time competing at the Games as an individual, previously placing 35th and 23rd in 2016 and 2018, respectively. O’Connell scored an invite to the Games by finishing in her career-best 14th position in the worldwide Open (matching her 2017 performance). This will be his seventh appearance at the Games. World records, results, training, nutrition, breaking news, and more. Watch Events 1 and 2 from the 2020 CrossFit Games. Wells paved the way to her fifth consecutive CrossFit Games individual appearance by finishing the Open in 11th place. This will be her fourth year competing at the Games, but only her third as an individual — her Games debut in 2016 was a sixth-place finish in the Teams division with CrossFit Nordic. Kara Saunders, who won that event, already qualified via the Open, and Mia Hesketh declined the invite to compete in Teams competition. She also placed fourth in 2017. The reigning 2-time Australian National Champion will make his way to his second consecutive CrossFit Games by way of a seventh-place finish in the Open worldwide. The year prior, she competed in the Teenage Girls (16-17) division and earned the bronze. [Related: How CrossFit Games athlete Jacob Heppner recovers]. This year, Davíðsdóttir finished just outside the top 20 in the Open worldwide by coming in 23rd place. A post shared by CrossFit Games (@crossfitgames), A post shared by Jay Crouch (@jaycrouch_), Report: Russian Weightlifter Tatiana Kashirina Suspended After Doping Suspicion, 2013 CrossFit Games Winner Sam Briggs Rows & Runs 100 Kilometers (62 miles) for Charity, 2020 Olympia Saturday Finals Report — Mr. Olympia, Classic Physique, Men’s Physique & Bikini, Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Elssbiay Wins the 2020 Mr. Olympia, Janet Layug is Your 2020 Bikini Olympia Champion, The Best Barbells For Training, Weightlifting, Powerlifting, and More, The 12 Best Creatine Supplements on the Market, The 12 Best Pre-Workout Supplements on the Market in 2020. With nine championships between them — five for Fraser, four for Toomey — they are undoubtedly the Fittest in History. [Related: Inside Tia-Clair Toomey’s diet]. In 2018, she scored a runner-up finish (her best to date) and finished 14th in 2019. Armen Hammer predicted that Adler will be one of the top 5 men to advance to the finals in October, which is a massive vote of confidence for the Canadian. See coverage here. The 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games Rookie of the Year placed 10th overall in the Open worldwide to ensure her third appearance at the Games. The reigning back-to-back Irish National champion earned her spot in the 2020 CrossFit Games with her 7th place rank in the worldwide Open. In 2019, Ohlsen had his best Games performance yet, making the podium as the runner-up to Mathew Fraser. At C23 CrossFit gym in Son Morro, I recently had the privilege of interviewing three top-tier CrossFit Athletes. Roelle earned his debut as an individual Games athlete by winning the Norwegian CrossFit Championship. Panchik will return for his third consecutive Crossfit Games with his invitation from Wodapalooza. Join the BarBend Newsletter for workouts, diets, breaking news and more. In an interview with BarBend, we learned that placing in the top 20 was not even a priority for Nisler. 2020 CrossFit Games … In 2019, she ranked 5th in the worldwide Open and placed 26th in her Games debut. [Related: 2020 CrossFit Open National Champions]. 2-time CrossFit Games Athlete (Invictus Athlete 2011-2015) "I have grown both as an athlete and a person since I first came in contact with Invictus." Davidson first appeared on the competitive CrossFit scene in 2018 and will make his Games debut in 2020 by way of his victory at the Brazilian CrossFit Championship — where he bested runner-up Josh Miller by just 12 points. In 2020, she ranked 13th in the worldwide Open to score her invite to the Games. CrossFit Games 2020: Did the five-athlete, three-day format produce an entertaining competition for ‘Fittest on Earth’? M2 founder Mike Molloy is a nutritional coach for some of the top CrossFit athletes. Her best individual Games performance to date came in her debut in 2016 — eighth place. Toomey is the reigning three-time Fittest Woman on Earth and made her way back to the Games to defend her title by finishing in fourth overall in the Open. She was more focused on competing in the Team division, where she has spent her previous four appearances at the Games. The two athletes who placed higher than her at that event, Tia-Clair Toomey and Kristi Eramo O’Connell, already secured their spots through the Open. 2020 marks his Games debut as an individual athlete as his two previous appearances in 2017 and 2018 were with team CrossFit 417 (ranked 12th and 5th, respectively). CrossFit, Forging Elite Fitness, 3...2...1...Go!, Fittest on Earth and Sport of Fitness are trademarks of CrossFit, LLC. In his previous four appearances, Heppner has three top 10 finishes and has never placed lower than 18th. Josh Everett came in second, with Jeremy Thiel in third.. Of his six appearances at the Games thus far, Fraser has never missed the podium. Barnhart ranked 10th overall in the Open in the USA in 2020 and this will be her third appearance in a row at the Games. In 2019, he fell to 105th place after finishing in 19th and 29th place in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Mat Fraser Reflects on Most Difficult Games in History. Shadburne returns to the Games after placing eighth in 2019 (she qualified with a win at SouthFit.) Each member of the Invictus Athlete coaching team has either participated in the CrossFit Games as an athlete, or has coached multiple individual athletes to the CrossFit Games. The reigning four-time Canadian National Champion locked in her name at the 2020 Games by way of an eighth-place finish in the Open. The four-time Finnish National Champion has competed at the Games five times since 2014 (2018 being the outlier), and his best finish was ninth in both 2015 and 2017. CrossFit boxes around the world are doing the "Jacinto Storm" WOD this week in honor of Jacinto Bonilla, the oldest athlete to compete in the CrossFit Games. A post shared by Jay Crouch (@jaycrouch_) on Aug 20, 2020 at 2:34am PDT, [Related: CrossFit Games rookie Jay Crouch on training and preparing for a virtual comp]. Clifton will make her Games debut in 2020 by way of the Australian CrossFit Championships, where she placed third. Heat at Trump rally sends a dozen attendees to the hospital. She has competed in the Open every year since 2014, but her previous best finish was 33rd in 2018. After missing the 2019 CrossFit Games following his 36th place debut in 2018, Luckett is back after ranking 13th in the Open worldwide. With that goal accomplished, we’ll see where she moves the goalposts this weekend. Solberg has had several big performances in Sanctionals competition this season. He ranked 9th overall in the Open worldwide and third in the USA behind Patrick Vellner and Mathew Fraser — that’s some pretty good company. She has competed twice on team Timberwolf CrossFit (2016, 2017), once for team CrossFit OC3 (bronze finish in 2018), and once for team OC3 Black (fourth place in 2019). Alongside fellow Games rookie Jay Crouch, Medeiros is the youngest male athlete in the 2020 field. She has placed in the top 20 since 2016. Her debut at the Games was in the Teams division as a member of 540 Beefy, where they placed fifth. Interestingly, in August 2018, CrossFit announced that transgender athletes will be allowed to compete in the CrossFit Games from 2019 onwards. Feature image via CrossFit Games Instagram page: @crossfitgames. This will be Pearce’s sixth appearance at the Games where she will aim to improve upon her best finish of 5th place from 2016 and 2019. Shaw will make his CrossFit Games debut in 2020, entering as the SouthFit champion. She won in 2015 and 2016, and got third palce in 2018. Shorunke punched his ticket to the 2020 Games through his runner-up finish at Strength in Depth UK. Fraser is the reigning 4-time Fittest Man on Earth and earned a chance to compete for a record five wins after ranking second in the Open worldwide (he ranked first the previous three years). This year, Sigmundsdóttir ranked first in the worldwide Open for the third time in the past four years. measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height 2020 Gabi Migala becomes one of only 30 athletes to qualify for The CrossFit Games. 2020 is her fifth consecutive year at the Games but marks a return to individual competition as she competed as a member of Team Invictus X in 2019 to a seventh-place finish. She has finished in the top 10 at the Games four times. This will be Adler’s second consecutive appearance at the Games, coming off his 33rd place finish in 2019. 2020 will be Vellner’s sixth appearance at the Games. Rodriguez has been the Argentinian National Champion for the past three years, and 2020 will only be her second appearance in the Games as an individual (she finished 97th in 2019). For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube! © 2020 CrossFit, LLC. She placed second in the 2016 Teenage Girls division(14-15), and second and first in the 2017 and 2018 Girls division (16-17), respectively. I have grown both as an athlete and a person since I first came in contact with them. As the Polish National Champion five years running, Migała scored her invite to the 2020 Games by finishing in 17th position in the Open — an improvement of thirteen spots from her 2019 and 2018 finishes (30th in both). Sixteen athletes represent the USA, seven represent Canada, three represent Australia. Through a leg injury sustained in Open workout 20.4, the 2013 Fittest Woman on Earth, Samantha Briggs will return for her seventh Games appearance by way of a third-place finish at the Dubai CrossFit Championship. After going at it alone for a long time, Christophel began working with coach Mike Cantris and it paid dividends. Katrin Davidsdottir embodies a spirit of optimistic perseverance and undaunted determination. Porter will return for his sixth Games appearance (5th as an individual) by way of his win at the Pandaland CrossFit Challenge. Adams is the youngest female competitor in the 2020 Games field. To master your Russian twists and know … Paulson finished seventh in the USA and 15th overall in the Open worldwide to cash in a ticket to his fourth appearance at the Games. The views expressed on this site may come from individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the view of BarBend or any other organization. The "CrossFit Games", directed by Dave Castro, have been held every summer since 2007. It's a wonder the 2020 Games are happening. Crouch will make his Games debut as an individual for winning the Australian CrossFit Championship, where he edged out Games veteran James Newbury by just six points. She has been the Hungarian National Champion for five straight years. Listen to these honest accounts from top CrossFit Games Athletes on their struggles with body image, self-esteem, eating disorders and more. Caron did not crack the top 20 in the Open worldwide with his 23rd place rank but scored the invitation to the Games after Jean Simon Roy-Lemaire (eighth in the Open) had to withdraw due to injury. Athletes share post-Games thoughts as 2020 season wraps. Instructional Videos – We have and will continue to build a library of instructional videos that will help our athletes better understand how to perform certain movements incorporated in the program. Below is the full roster of athletes competing in stage one of the CrossFit Games. 2020 will be Smith’s second appearance at the Games. Gudmundsson ranked fourth in the Open worldwide to be the lone male athlete in the field representing Iceland at the 2020 Games. Her best individual performance at the Games was a sixth-place finish in 2016. Although she's a rookie to the Games, Ence isn't here just for the experience. Alexys D'Tiole shares her story of adversity, identity, and how she's pursuing her best self. Photo: Handout Molloy has coached 40 CrossFit Games athletes, including Sara … Highlights of Day 1 of the 2020 CrossFit Games Finals. Vincelette will be making her Games debut this year via a 15th-place finish in the Open. The Affiliate Cup was won by … She did, however, compete at the Games in 2019 and in 2015 in the Team division as a member of Project X and CrossFit Active, respectively. Watch Chandler Smith and Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson race through Awful Annie in Stage 1 of the 2020 CrossFit Games. Dates Confirmed for the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games! Brandon ranked 36th in the Open worldwide. However, enough invites were declined that the first CrossFit athlete made the cut. This will be Adams’s fifth consecutive appearance at the Games. Brent competed at the CrossFit Games four times finishing 4th, 2nd, 4th, and 23rd. Rodriguez stamped her ticket to the Games by winning an absolute nail-biter against Cecilia Ramirez Villamil at the Brazilian CrossFit Championship. At that event, he bested fellow 2020 Games rookie Jay Crouch and Gonzalo Hard by less than 25 points. She won by just two points. Since his 26th place debut in 2014, “BKG” has never ranked worse than eighth at the Games. Stage One Games Events 5 and 6 Announced! Best navigated her way to her first CrossFit Games by finishing 19th overall in the worldwide Open. Running back his 14th rank overall in the Open worldwide from 2019 in 2020 paved the way for Mayer to make his fifth appearance at the CrossFit Games. Her individual debut was made possible by a win at the Pandaland CrossFit Challenge in December 2019. There are a lot of rookies in this year’s Games, and Roberts is on that list in terms of individual competition. 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