Mathew fraser born 1990 is an american professional crossfit athlete known for winning the 2016 2017 2018 and 2019 crossfit games after taking second place at the 2014 and 2015 crossfit games after a strong performance in 2014 and the retirement of 4 time defending champion rich froning jr he was a favorite to win in 2015 but was edged out in the final event by ben smith.
Road to the games mat fraser.
I m gonna make a run at this crossfit thing that s when he just pushed all the chips in the middle of the table and went for it.
It s a title that fraser has now held for the past four years.
I don t want this for my life.
Having just won the 2019 s men s division of the crossfit games mat fraser is without question the fittest man on earth.
Ultimately fraser took home the silver medal for the second consecutive year and smith stood on top of the podium at his seventh games.
Four time fittest man on earth mat fraser who won the crossfit games every year since 2019 took the top spot for men over the weekend and is the front runner to win his fifth championship.
In the months leading up to the crossfit games in 2014 mat fraser was holding down a desk job.
From inside the four walls of his cubicle he made a decision.
On this episode of road to the games catch up with the avengers four time games champ rich froning two time games silver medalist mat fraser 2015 fittest man on earth ben smith 2015 fittest woman katrin davidsdottir and sara sigmundsdottir.
This year both smith and fraser have their sights set on the gold once again.