Samantha Briggs
Co-owner // Head Coach
With a strong background in a variety of sports, Samantha has represented Great Britain in her age group in the World Duathlon Championships and has now chosen to focus her career on competing in CrossFit. Following a top 20 world placing in 2010 and a 4th place finish in 2011, she returned from injury this year to claim the winner’s title ‘Fittest Female on Earth 2013′ at the Reebok CrossFit Games in Los Angeles. In addition to being a head coach here at Train, on a worldwide level Sam is proud to represent Reebok as a sponsored athlete as part of their elite competition team. Sam is also sponsored by Rogue, Progenex UK, PurePharma & GLC-2000.
Sporting Achievements:
Reebok CrossFit Games Female Champion 2013 // 1st place finish English Olympic Lifting Championship 2013 (58kg category) // 1st place finish London Throwdown 2013 & 2012 // 8th (25-29yrs) ITU World Duathlon Championships 2010 // Lightweight British Indoor Rowing Champion 2010 and 2009.
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