Q&A | Tia-Clair Toomey: CrossFit’s ‘Fittest Woman on Earth’ talks training and being a two-time champion
- The Australian has won back-to-back women’s titles when it comes to the CrossFit Games
- Working out with men’s three-time defending champion Mat Fraser, Toomey is currently in Miami for the 19.5 CrossFit Open workout announcement
At the age of 24, Nambour, Queensland-native Tia-Clair Toomey won the 2017 CrossFit Games, capping an extraordinary run that saw her finish runner-up twice in a row in heartbreaking fashion.
She followed that up by winning last year as well, cementing herself as the premier female CrossFitter. She recently won the Wodapalooza CrossFit Sanctional, booking her ticket to this year’s Games, and currently sits ninth in the 2019 CrossFit Open after the 19.4 workout.
Toomey’s story to world champion is one of redemption, as she finished second at both the 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games. Her story and personal transformation was featured heavily in both of Netflix’s CrossFit documentaries – 2017’s Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness and The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth, as Toomey went from recurring bouts of self-doubt to a champion’s mentality.
