The 2023 Dubai Fitness Championship (DFC) is a three-day competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, taking place Dec. 8-10, 2023. The invite-only contest draws some of CrossFit’s top athletes from around the globe to compete for $259,000 in cash prizes. The opening day of the competition will take place off-site at a yet-to-be-announced location. Days Two and Three of the competition will occur at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.
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2023 Dubai CrossFit Championship Rosters
The rosters for the 2023 DFC were confirmed on Dec. 4, 2023, and can be seen below. Among the Individual Women, 15 countries are represented — the host country’s lone athlete is Shahad Budebs.
Individual Women
- Alexia Williams (Argentina)
- Allison Nguyen (USA)
- Andrea Solberg (Norway)
- Brittany Weiss (USA)
- Camilla Salomonsson Hellman (Sweden)
- Claudia Gluck (France)
- Dana Paran (USA)
- Devyn Kim (USA)
- Elena Carratalá Sanahuja (Spain)
- Elisa Fuliano (Italy)
- Emily Rolfe (Canada)
- Emma Tall (Sweden)
- Evie Hollis (UK)
- Hanna Karlsson (Sweden)
- Ingrid Hodnemyr (Norway)
- Jacqueline Dahlstrøm (Norway)
- Julia Kato (Brazil)
- Karin Freyová (Slovakia)
- Kyra Milligan (USA)
- Lauren Fisher (USA)
- Luiza Marques (Brazil)
- Maddy Harris (UK)
- Manon Angonese (Germany)
- Mia Hesketh (Sweden)
- Noortje Bleeker (Netherlands)
- Seher Kaya (Turkey)
- Shahad Budebs (UAE)
- Silvia Garcia (Spain)
- Tayla Howe (UK)
- Veslemøy Kollstad (Norway)
Among the Individual Men, 13 countries are represented among the 28 competing athletes. None of them represent the host country.
Individual Men
- Alex Kotoulas (Greece)
- Aniol Ekai (Spain)
- Any Haynes (China)
- Bronislaw Olenkowicz (Poland)
- Chandler Smith (USA)
- Daniel Tai (UK)
- David Shorunke (UK)
- Elliot Simmonds (UK)
- Fabian Beneito Selles (Spain)
- Giorgos Karavis (Greece)
- Griffin Roelle (USA)
- Guillaume Briant (France)
- Javier Gonzalez (Spain)
- Jorge Fernandez (USA)
- Kaique Cervany (Brazil)
- Kalyan Ribeiro De Souza (Brazil)
- Kristóf Horvath (France)
- Lazar Đukić (Serbia)
- Luka Đukić (Serbia)
- Martín Cuervo (Spain)
- Michael Smith (Ireland)
- Moritz Fiebig (Germany)
- Reggie Fasa (UK)
- Ricky Garard (Australia)
- Roman Khrennikov (USA)
- Simon Mäntylä (Sweden)
- Toby Buckland (UK)
- Uldis Upenieks (Latvia)
Although 30 athletes are said to be confirmed for the Individual Men’s division at the 2023 DFC, only 28 are listed on the 2023 DFC leaderboard. Absent from the leaderboard at the time of this article’s publication is Jonne Koski of Finland, who was confirmed in a post on the DFC Instagram page on Oct. 13, 2023.
Featured image: @dxbfitnesschamp on Instagram
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