Ben Smith

Career

He has competed at the CrossFit Games every year since 2009, winning in 2015, and placing third in 2011 and 2013. Smith is one of a select few athletes to make seven consecutive appearances in the Individual Division at the CrossFit Games. Smith was an avid baseball player throughout his childhood, and was introduced to CrossFit during his senior year of high school in 2008.

The next summer, he qualified for the CrossFit Games where he placed 64th out of 74 competitors.

Achievements

• Only one athlete, Rebecca Voigt, has made eight appearances and others to make seven appearances include Chris Spealler and 2008 CrossFit Games champion Jason Khalipa. Smith is the co-owner, founder, lead programmer, and coach at CrossFit Krypton in Chesapeake, Virginia. He has won the Mid Atlantic Regional five times, and finished on the Games podium three times.