Ben Smith (CrossFit)
Ben Smith at the 2012 CrossFit Games | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | May 16, 1990 |
| Occupation | CrossFit Athlete |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Sport | |
| 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, 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. 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.
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. 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.