Tia-Clair TOOMEY

She only took up CrossFit in 2013, but the Australian powerhouse has gone on to absolutely dominate the women’s event, with five consecutive championship wins. In-between those CrossFit triumphs, she’s mastered Olympic weightlifting, too: representing Australia at the Rio Games, where she snatched 82kg and clean-and-jerked 107kg to finish 14th. She followed that up with gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. To her 1.7 million Instagram followers (@tiaclair1), she’s a source of advice and inspiration – but she’s far from satisfied to rest on her laurels, and trains more in a day than most people do in a week.

Even her off-season is hardcore: in 2020, she announced she would train with the Australian bobsleigh team, with a view to qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. That would make her the first CrossFit athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. But before her rivals rejoice and start daydreaming of her top spot on the podium, she’s made it clear she’ll be back competing in CrossFit again after the Winter Olympics are done.