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🗓️ 10 March 2021
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A former college wrestler from a family of standout athletes, Chris Spealler quickly became one of CrossFit’s leading ambassadors, impressing and inspiring newcomers to the sport with his underdog spirit, unequaled work ethic, and warm personality. A competitor at the very first CrossFit Games in 2007, he would eventually collect a pair of Southwest Regional titles and three Top 10 finishes at the Games (2007, 2008, 2010), along with a “Spirit of the Games” award in 2010.
One of Speal’s most inspiring achievements came in 2014, when—at age 35 and against tougher competition than ever before—he returned to finish 2nd at Regionals and punch his ticket to the Games for a seventh time. He was the only performer from the ’07 Games who was also in the 2014 field. Three years later, at the ‘17 Games, Chris reached the podium in the Masters 35-39 division, showcasing the skills that have made him a true legend of the sport.
Though he’s now retired from competition, Spealler continues to train and coach at CrossFit Park City in Utah.
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0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Wadcast podcast. I'm your host Eddie Ft. Today is Chris |
0:05.9 | Speeler Day. That is our guest and I have so excited about it because I've always wanted |
0:10.1 | to have Chris Speeler on the show. And I finally got him. And if you, you know, have been |
0:15.4 | around CrossFit for a while or know anything, you know, GC's just been a staple in it since |
0:19.8 | the beginning. I guys been to seven or eight games and I think you might have finished |
0:26.6 | as high as number two. Just an incredible, incredible athlete. And I was always cheering |
0:33.3 | for him, always rooting for him because he was the underdog, a smaller athlete that, you |
0:37.7 | know, great at the body weight exercises, but also strong as fuck for how big he was. I |
0:45.4 | mean, like, like, could just go, just to watch him go up against someone like Kalipa in |
0:51.2 | the difference in size and just do things just at the same level with just mind blowing. |
0:57.3 | But he's a cool dude who does a lot of sports that I like and that's what I kind of talked |
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