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Crossfit Games Competitors
I'm sure this question has been asked before but...
Are there any crossfitters who have competed at the games who have only ever done crossfit? Like no other athletic background, no sports, no lifting experience just pure crossfit. You only ever hear about people who have either come from a background of sports or are in the military. I'm just curious, I have never met or heard of anyone who started at 0 and made it to a games level competition. |
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Re: Crossfit Games Competitors
Doubtful, nobody who strictly only did CrossFit would be strong enough to even make top three at regionals.
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made it through to the games every year after that. he took the podium (3rd place) in 2013. |
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Smith is a ridiculous athlete...as is Fisher, who also came out of nowhere (I think -- started Crossfit ~1 year ago, so I'm still new). |
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I was judging in Virginia Beach in 2009 when Ben came on the scene at 18. that doesn't leave much time for a pro or even collegiate career. Not to take anything away from him, because he's an amazing athlete, but if Ben was a baseball prospect of high caliber, don't you think he'd be on a team now? even at the league minimums, he'd be putting CF winnings and endorsements to shame if he was in MLB |
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Re: Crossfit Games Competitors
If you want to disregard Ben Smith, who was "athletic" in high school but didn't play any sports on a highly competitive level and placed 3rd at the Games twice (2011 and 2013) then I would say Valerie Voboril. She has placed 3rd at the Games twice (2010 and 2013 as well as 5th in 2012) and has no athletic background, is a teacher, and has stated in repeated interviews that she only trains one hour a day from warm up to cool down. She also breaks the general mold as she is a school teacher and does not own/coach at a gym.
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I didn't imply that he was an elite baseball player (if you took it that I did, my bad). Just that he played in college. The original post calls for games athletes that have only done Crossfit -- Ben Smith wouldn't fit the criteria because of his college career. Edit -- after a bit of googling, I'm not so sure he played in college...it says on his games page he played college sports, but nothing about playing on the team (maybe intramural?). Also found out he started Crossfit at 16...so I take back Smith not qualifying for the OP. My bad. |
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Re: Crossfit Games Competitors
What did Khalipa do before CF? I don't think I've ever heard of him playing college level sports?
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Khalipa played football in HS if I remember.
Most baseball players coming out of college go to "High" or "Low" single A. Hardly elite. |
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