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Nickname | Meg Jacoby |
Born | 1991 (age 33–34) |
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Sport | Hyrox |
Megan "Meg" Jacoby is an American Hyrox athlete. She won the 2024 Hyrox World Championships.
Jacoby was a NCAA Division I middle-distance runner at the University of Connecticut and Binghamton University where she also competed in cross-country. [1] [2]
Jacoby first heard of Hyrox in 2022. [3] In her second Hyrox competition, HYROX Chicago 2022, she set a new women's pro world record: 1:01:56. [4] Jacoby became a full-time Hyrox athlete in 2023. [5] Jacoby was the first woman to complete a HYROX pro race in under one hour. [3] She completed the HYROX Anaheim race in 58 minutes and 58 seconds on April 22, 2023, taking the record from Mikaela Norman. [6] She won the 2024 HYROX World Championships and led the women's competition from the third station (sled pull) onward during the race. [7]
Jacoby is from Endwell, New York, [1] and is currently based in upstate New York. [5] She has a daughter. Her brother is a professional bodybuilder. [3]
Year | Event | Results | |
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Time | Rank | ||
2022 | HYROX Chicago | 1:01:56 | ![]() |
2023 | HYROX European Championships [8] | 1:03:12 | ![]() |
HYROX Anaheim | 58:58 | ![]() | |
HYROX World Championships [9] | 1:00:23 | ![]() | |
2024 | HYROX European Championships [10] | 1:00:26 | ![]() |
HYROX World Championships [11] | 59:59 | ![]() | |
HYROX Amsterdam [12] | 58:44 | ![]() |