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Born | May 16, 1990 |
Occupation | CrossFit Athlete |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
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Sport | CrossFit Games |
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Ben Smith (born May 16, 1990) is a professional CrossFit athlete from Virginia, United States. He has competed at the CrossFit Games every year from 2009 to 2019, finishing on the podium four times: first place in 2015,[1] second in 2016, and third in 2011 and 2013. He is the first competitor to make ten consecutive appearances in the Individual Division at the CrossFit Games.[2] He was able to extend the streak to 11 years following the adjusted qualification rules for the 2019 CrossFit Games that gave him wildcard invitation.[3]
Smith was a baseball player throughout childhood and was introduced to CrossFit during his senior year of high school in 2008 and qualified for the CrossFit Games the next year.[4] He has placed first in CrossFit Games regional qualifying events six times (five times in the Mid Atlantic region and once in the Atlantic "super-region"). He is the founder of his own gym, CrossFit Krypton, in Chesapeake, Virginia.[5]
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