Mat Fraser Olympic Lifting

Mathew fraser earned the title of fittest man on earth at the 2016 2017 2018 and 2019 crossfit games.

Mat fraser olympic lifting. The 2016 victory was three years in the making after he took back to back second place finishes in 2014 and 2015. The rookie with less than two years of crossfit. Fraser backed up his 2016 title with a historic victory in 2016 winning by the largest margin of victory in games history. He says crossfit did not initially appeal to him but the group aspect won him over.

But in 2009 at 19 years old fraser broke his back two clear breaks in his l5 vertebrae during a heavy lift. In his first ever year competing at the crossfit games mat fraser surprised many people by finishing second overall in the 2014 showpiece. Mat fraser has a background in olympic weightlifting but was injured in 2009 and had to stop. We ll be in touch with news updates and ways you can help the team.

The doctor recommended. It is entirely possible that if mat fraser stopped doing crossfit and focused all of his training efforts on olympic weightlifting that he could potentially be competitive at the highest levels of international weightlifting and possibly even make the olympics as tia clair toomey did in 2016. He spent four months in a back brace only to learn that his spine hadn t healed. Before he ever set foot in a box mat fraser was training to compete with the u s.

Fraser started training in weightlifting formally around age 12. He was a junior national champion in 2009 and a resident athlete at the olympic education center from 2010 2011. And to stock up on stylish team usa gear that you can wear all year round visit the team usa shop. Now he s the 2016 crossfit games champion and training for even.

After breaking his back in two places as an olympic hopeful weightlifter mat fraser was told he d never be able to lift again.