Dani Speegle

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Dani Speegle
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Dani Speegle in 2019
Personal information
BornDani Elle Speegle
(1994-01-10) January 10, 1994 (age 31) [1]
Occupations
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Website dellespeegle

Dani Elle Speegle (born January 10, 1994) is an American six-time CrossFit Games athlete, who placed 13th overall in the 2020 Games. [2] She also won the second season of competition show The Titan Games . In June 2025, Speegle was named as one of the Gladiators in the upcoming series American Gladiators , airing on Prime Video. [3] [4]

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Early life

Speegle spent her childhood in Houston, Texas, before moving to Colorado. [5] She went to Conifer High School in Conifer, Colorado. She played a number of sports and earned five varsity letters in high school. [6] Speegle had been a competitive gymnast for 10 years before she was forced to quit due to a back injury and she tried other sports after she recovered. [7] After finishing high school, she went to study marine biology at the Florida Institute of Technology where she was on the rowing team in her freshman year. [6] In her senior year in college in 2015, she became involved in CrossFit. [5]

Career

CrossFit

Speegle started taking part in CrossFit Open in 2016. She made her first appearance in the CrossFit Games in 2019 as the US national champion. [8] [9]

Speegle had her best individual result in 2020 when she reached 13th. [2] She has reached the CrossFit Games six times, five times as an individual athlete, and once as part of a team. [2] The team finished 6th at the 2025 Games. [10]

Television

In 2020, Speegle took part in the second season of Dwayne Johnson's game show The Titan Games . She won the regional finals in episode 3, [11] before she was crowned the champion in the finale. [12] [13]

In 2025, Speegle was chosen to be a gladiator in the Amazon Prime reboot of the American Gladiators . [14]

Social media

Speegle is a social media fitness influencer with 1.8 million followers on her Instagram. [6] [15] She introduced the "Girls Who Eat" movement to highlight women's positive relationship with food and their body image. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Dani Speegle: Interesting Facts & Thruths". athleogroup.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Athlete: Dani Speegle". crossfit.com.
  3. ↑ "Mike (The Miz) Mizanin to Host American Gladiators Reboot on Prime Video". gladiatorstv.com.
  4. ↑ Spin, Brian (June 13, 2025). "Dani Speegle Cast in Reboot of American Gladiators". Barbell Spin.
  5. 1 2 Raby, Julien (November 29, 2023). "Dani Elle Speegle, Crossfit Phenom Unveiled – A Unique Blend of Grit and Grace". Boxlife Magazine.
  6. 1 2 3 Bell, Diane (March 28, 2023). "CrossFit champ Dani Speegle is on a body image rampage". San Diego Union Tribune.
  7. ↑ Lockridge, Roger (May 7, 2019). "Dani Speegle: From Beginner to Elite". FloElite.
  8. ↑ Friend, Brian (July 30, 2019). "CrossFit Games 2019: four rookies who could steal the show in Madison, Wisconsin". South China Morning Post.
  9. ↑ "inov-8 Athlete Dani Speegle Finishes USA CrossFit Games Open Ranked #1". Outdoor Sports Wire. April 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ "CrossFit Invictus: 2025 Team Roster". CrossFit Games.
  11. ↑ Abhishek, Aharon (June 9, 2020). "'The Titan Games' Season 2 Central Region Final: Matt Chan's the new Titan, Dani Speegle defends her crown". MEAWW.com.
  12. ↑ Zucker, Joseph (August 10, 2020). "Matt Chan, Dani Speegle Crowned Champions of 'Titan Games' Season 2". Bleacher Report.
  13. ↑ Hall, Derek. "Dani Speegle and Matt Chan Use CrossFit Skills To Conquer Mount Olympus And Win Titan Games". Fitness Volt.
  14. ↑ "Dani Speegle Joins American Gladiators Reboot". Morning Chalk Up. June 26, 2025.
  15. ↑ "dellespeegle". Instagram.
  16. ↑ Hughes, Kerrie (March 27, 2023). "CrossFit Athlete Dani Speegle Introduces Us To Girls Who Eat". Coach Web.
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