Laura Horvath is the Women’s Individual champion of the 2023 CrossFit Games. It’s the Hungarian athlete’s first-ever title after three previous podium finishes in 2018 and 2021-2022. Horvath is the first Eastern European athlete to ever win the CrossFit Games. To build her eventual title case, the 26-year-old Horvath won five of a possible 12 events, including the…
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Laura Horvath is the Women’s Individual champion of the 2023 CrossFit Games. It’s the Hungarian athlete’s first-ever title after three previous podium finishes in 2018 and 2021-2022. Horvath is the first Eastern European athlete to ever win the CrossFit Games. To build her eventual title case, the 26-year-old Horvath won five of a possible 12 events, including the last four, to close the competition on a high note. Such a sterling performance gave the athlete just enough of an edge to surpass runner-up Emma Lawson. Horvath is now officially the 2023 Fittest Woman on Earth®.
Here are the top 10 finishers in the Women’s Individual division at the 2023 CrossFit Games:
Individual Women, 2023 CrossFit Games | Final Standings
- Laura Horvath (Hungary) — 881 points | 2023 Fittest Woman on Earth®
- Emma Lawson (Canada) — 859 points
- Arielle Loewen (United States) — 833 points
- Alex Gazan (United States) — 761 points
- Alexis Raptis (United States) — 731 points
- Gabriela Migała (Poland) — 698 points
- Emma Cary (United States) — 651 points
- Danielle Brandon (United States) — 646 points
- Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir (United States) — 646 points
- Paige Powers (United States) — 613 points
Here’s an overview of Horvath’s winning performance at the 2023 CrossFit Games, event by event:
Laura Horvath | Event By Event 2023 CrossFit Games Performance
- Ride — Seven laps (Ninth place)
- Pig Chipper — 13:50.40 (First place)
- Inverted Medley — CAP+5 (27th place)
- The Alpaca Redux — 16:36.18 (Second place)
- Ski-Bag — 4:36.18 (First place)
- Helena — 9:06.79 (15th place)
- Cross-Country 5K — 19:02.68 (13th place)
- Intervals — 8:32.50 (Eighth place)
- Olympic Weightlifting Total — 470 pounds (First place)
- Muscle-Up Logs — 8:41.22 (First place)
- Parallel Bar Pulls — 8:36.46 (First place)
- Echo Thruster Finals — 7:41.20 (Fourth place)
Horvath won her first career CrossFit Games title by virtue of a performance that could be described as “boom or bust.” If the athlete performed well in an event, chances are, she was likely taking the victory. If she didn’t, she struggled to finish in the top 10. Nonetheless, her five event triumphs were enough to make history.
Horvath enters exclusive company as just 10th woman to ever win the Individual CrossFit Games. At just the age of 26, her reign might only be beginning. At the very least, Horvath has certainly distinguished as a household name and as a champion.
Featured image: @laurahorvaht on Instagram
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