From 2015 to 2018 both male and female athletes at the Crossfit Games have continued to get older. There are also more athletes 30 or older competing this year than ever before, which proves that Crossfit is not just a “young mans game”.

6/39 men are aged 30 or older, totaling 15% of the mens field. 16/40 women are aged 30 or older, totaling 40% of the womens field.

Since 2015 female competitors have averaged consistently older than the men, with the biggest age differential being in 2016 where the mens average age was 26 compared to the women’s 28.

Women have also been over 27 years old for the past 4 years now whereas 2018 is the first year the men have reached that average age.

The primary reason why the mens field is overall an older group this year is because 4 of the youngest athletes at the Games last year all did not qualify.

STREAT HOERNER: 23 years old / 7th place at central regional

JONNE KOSKI: 23 years old / injured

TOMMY VINAS: 21 years old / 8th place at south regional

SAMUEL KWANT: 22 years old / injured

AVERAGE AGE OF CROSSFIT COMPETITORS BY YEAR: 2015 – Men: 25 / Women: 27 2016 – Men: 25 / Women: 28 2017 – Men: 26 / Women: 27 2018 – Men: 27 / Women: 28

Below is the age of every individual athlete competing at the 2018 Crossfit Games, along with the average age, the largest age gap between competitors, and number of athletes over 30.

MEN

RASMUS ANDERSEN – 26

CODY ANDERSON – 26

ALEX ANDERSON – 28

JOSH BRIDGES – 35

ALEXANDRE CARON – 22

PABLO CHALFUN – 25

LOGAN COLLINS – 27

JOHN COLTEY – 29

ROYCE DUNNE – 27

JARED ENDERTON – 29

LUKAS ESSLINGER – 25

BRENT FIKOWSKI – 27

MATHEW FRASER – 28

ROGELIO GAMBOA – 31

WILLY GEORGES – 25

ZEKE GROVE – 26

BJÖRGVIN GUDMUNDSSON – 25

ETHAN HELBIG – 22

LUKAS HÖGBERG – 27

MARQUAN JONES – 28

CRAIG KENNEY – 31

DEAN LINDER-LEIGHTON – 27

BRANDON LUCKETT – 23

ADRIAN MUNDWILER – 25

JAMES NEWBURY – 27

NOAH OHLSEN – 27

SCOTT PANCHIK – 30

SAXON PANCHIK – 22

TIM PAULSON – 28

KHAN PORTER – 28

COLE SAGER – 27

ELLIOT SIMMONDS – 24

BEN SMITH – 28

ALEC SMITH – 25

MITCHEL STEVENSON – 25

SEAN SWEENEY – 26

NICK URANKAR – 34

PATRICK VELLNER – 28

FREDERICK AEGIDIUS – 31

(AVERAGE = 27)

Athletes 30 or older = 6

Largest age gap = 13 years

WOMEN

MARGAUX ALVAREZ – 33

AMANDA BARNHART – 26

JUSTINE BEATH – 28

TENNIL BEUERLEIN- 30

EMILY BRIDGERS – 31

BRENDA CASTRO – 29

CHYNA CHO – 31

STEPHANIE CHUNG – 26

KATRIN DAVIDSDOTTIR- 25

KRISTI ERAMO – 29

LAUREN FISHER – 24

MICHELE FUMAGALI – 30

CHLOE GAUVIN-DAVID – 26

WHITNEY GELIN – 33

JAMIE GREENE – 27

ODDRUN GYLFADOTTIR – 29

COURTNEY HALEY – 23

KRISTIN HOLTE – 32

DANI HORAN – 30

LAURA HORVATH – 21

CASSIDY LANCE-MCWHERTER – 30

CAMILLE LEBLANC-BAZINET – 29

BRISTA MAYFIELD – 30

KARI PEARCE – 29

ALESSANDRA PICHELLI – 32

CAROL-ANN REASON-THIBAULT – 30

MEKENZIE RILEY – 30

CAMILLA HELLMAN – 27

KARA SAUNDERS – 28

EHEA SCHUERCH – 29

PAIGE SEMENZA – 26

BETHANY SHADBURNE – 24

SARA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR – 25

JENNIFER SMITH – 32

MADELINE STURT – 21

ANNIE THORISDOTTIR – 28

TIA-CLAIR TOOMEY – 24

REBECCA VOIGT – 37

BROOKE WELLS – 23

MEREDITH ROOT – 30

(AVERAGE = 28)

Athletes 30 or over = 16

Largest age gap = 16 years

The youngest individual athlete competing at the 2018 Crossfit Games is Madeline Sturt at 21 years old and the oldest individual is Becca Voigt who is 37. This gives anyone who wants to be competitive in Crossfit at the highest level a 16 year window.

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