Jeffrey Adler remembers his first CrossFit Games, back in 2016. He was working as a volunteer, “loading and unloading the equipment on and off the floor for the athletes.”
But even then, his goal was to one day compete and win.
“I said to myself and to [fiancée and coach] Caroline, ‘the next time I come back to the games is as an athlete,'” said Adler
He didn’t qualify for the games until 2019, when he placed 26th overall. Since then, he’s been slowly climbing the ranks. This year, he finally reached the top, placing first after a series of 12 gruelling events over
