Ben Smith (CrossFit)

Ben Smith
Ben Smith at the 2012 CrossFit Games
Personal information
Born (1990-05-16) May 16, 1990 (age 34)
OccupationCrossFit Athlete
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight195 lb (88 kg)
Sport
SportCrossFit Games
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
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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]

  1. ^ "Ben Smith Wins 2015 CrossFit Games". Muscle & Fitness. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "Can Ben Smith Keep the Streak Alive?". MorningChakUp. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "CrossFit Games 2019 hands Ben Smith a wild card, as an 'icon of the sport'". South China Morning Post. July 29, 2019.
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