Almost two months following the final CrossFit Open workout, we finally have the announced National Champions for the 2020 CrossFit Open.
Yesterday evening, CrossFit HQ shared a press release that highlighted the athletes that have been deemed National Champions for their respective countries. National Champions will earn an invite to the CrossFit Games, and this year there are more qualified athletes than ever. This year, 239 athletes athletes have qualified by the means of being named National Champions compared to last year’s 236 champions.
Of these 239 National Champions, 116 of them are repeat champions and this number is composed of 56 men and 60 women. For the men, Patrick Vellner outright won the Open, and for the women, Sara Sigmundsdottir is bringing home her second consecutive Open win.
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2020 CrossFit Open National Champions
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| Afghanistan | Men | Murtaza Nadeem |
| Algeria | Women | Nastassia Kaddour |
| Algeria | Men | Sofien Zaier |
| Andorra | Women | Miriam Torra |
| Andorra | Men | Enric Closa |
| Angola | Women | Carla Nunes da Costa* |
| Angola | Men | Marco Almeida |
| Argentina | Women |
Melina Rodriguez
|
| Argentina | Men | Maximiliano Arigossi |
| Australia | Women | Tia-Clair Toomey |
| Australia | Men | Bayden Brown |
| Austria | Women | Anna Donauer |
| Austria | Men | Victor Schroeder |
| Azerbaijan | Women |
Sima Huseynova*
|
| Azerbaijan | Men | Zeynal Zeynalov |
| Bahamas | Women | Miriam Flowers Johnson* |
| Bahamas | Men | David Morley |
| Bahrain | Women | Aysha Saeed |
| Bahrain | Men | Majid Al Sharaf |
| Barbados | Women | Lovon Green |
| Barbados | Men | Richy Jordan |
| Belarus | Women | Olga Grigorevich |
| Belarus | Men | Nikita Yundov |
| Belgium | Women |
Manon Angonese
|
| Belgium | Men | Jelle Hoste |
| Belize | Women | Liliana Nunez |
| Belize | Men | Vernon Neal |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Women | Elma Ducic* |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Men | Đorđe Đurić |
| Botswana | Women | Cingiwe Ciegy Seru* |
| Botswana | Men | Thabo Mosimane |
| Brazil | Women | Larissa Cunha |
| Brazil | Men | Guilherme Malheiros |
| Brunei Darussalam | Women | Nina Juna |
| Brunei Darussalam | Men | Kamarul Ariffin |
| Bulgaria | Women | Ralitza Koterlitzova |
| Bulgaria | Men | Radoslav Ivanov |
| Cambodia | Women | Sreymao Po |
| Cambodia | Men | Kobe Khy |
| Canada | Women | Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault |
| Canada | Men | Jeffrey Adler |
| Chile | Women |
Simona Quintana
|
| Chile | Men | Piero Gorichon |
| China | Women | Aichan Chen |
| China | Men | Ant Haynes |
| Colombia | Women | Valentina Rangel |
| Colombia | Men | Julian Serna* |
| Costa Rica | Women | Marisol Umana* |
| Costa Rica | Men | William Sanchez |
| Croatia | Women | Tamara Zulim* |
| Croatia | Men | Augustin Vilicnik |
| Cyprus | Women | Thelma Christoforou |
| Cyprus | Men | Feidias Psilogeni |
| Czech Republic | Women | Sona Karaskova |
| Czech Republic | Men | Martin Feiferlík |
| Denmark | Women | Julie Hougård Nielsen |
| Denmark | Men | Klaus Hebo Uggerhoj |
| Dominican Republic | Women | Sheerly Bueno Reyes |
| Dominican Republic | Men | Eusebio Aldano* |
| Ecuador | Women | Andrea Rodriguez |
| Ecuador | Men |
Guillermo D. Torres
|
| Egypt | Women | Dalya Darwish* |
| Egypt | Men | Mohamed Elomda |
| El Salvador | Women | Patricia Trujillo |
| El Salvador | Men | Alvaro Alarcon* |
| Estonia | Women | Andra Moistus |
| Estonia | Men | Kevin Jurs |
| Finland | Women | Emilia Leppanen |
| Finland | Men | Jonne Koski |
| France | Women | Sabrina Caron |
| France | Men | Willy Georges |
| Germany | Women | Lisa Eble |
| Germany | Men | Karar Margrander |
| Ghana | Women | Laila Zangwio |
| Ghana | Men |
Christopher Ghansah
|
| Greece | Women | Matilda Spanou |
| Greece | Men |
Lefteris Theofanidis
|
| Grenada | Women | Rachael Jarvis-Bossard |
| Guatemala | Women | Vera Valdez |
| Guatemala | Men | Marlon Azurdia |
| Guyana | Women | Delice Adonis |
| Guyana | Men | Dillon Mahadeo |
| Honduras | Women | Ana Valladares |
| Honduras | Men | Emilio Sanchez |
| Hungary | Women | Laura Horvath |
| Hungary | Men | Kristóf Horváth |
| Iceland | Women | Ragnheiður Sara Sigmundsdottir |
| Iceland | Men | Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson |
| India | Women | Sanjana Sivasalapathi |
| India | Men | Vedharth Thappa |
| Indonesia | Women | Citra Ramaniya* |
| Indonesia | Men | Mahendra Arditirta |
| Iran | Women | Laura Namvar |
| Iran | Men |
Morteza Sedaghat
|
| Iraq | Women | Media Hadi |
| Iraq | Men | Mustafa El-Lari |
| Ireland | Women | Emma McQuaid |
| Ireland | Men | Pd Savage |
| Israel | Women | Nicole Pettel |
| Israel | Men | Ram Dover |
| Italy | Women | Alessandra Pichelli |
| Italy | Men | Stefano Migliorini |
| Jamaica | Women | Nicki Ruegsegger |
| Jamaica | Men | Sion Brinn* |
| Japan | Women | Yuko Sakuyama |
| Japan | Men | Yasuhiro Uchibori |
| Jordan | Women | Dema Al Zebdieh |
| Jordan | Men | Amin Attallah |
| Kenya | Women | Alisha Stone |
| Kenya | Men | Jeremy Mghenyi |
| Korea, Republic of | Women | Dawon Jung |
| Korea, Republic of | Men | Myung Sik Kwak |
| Kosovo | Women | Gentiana Muriqi |
| Kosovo | Men | Robert Berisha |
| Kuwait | Women | Hajer Jamal |
| Kuwait | Men | Nasser Alruwayeh |
| Latvia | Women | Santa Ozolina |
| Latvia | Men | Uldis Upenieks |
| Lebanon | Women | Danielle Shanine |
| Lebanon | Men | Moustafa Awada |
| Lithuania | Women | Ramunė Miliauskaitė |
| Lithuania | Men | Arminas Balevicius |
| Luxembourg | Women | Jacky Schmitt |
| Luxembourg | Men | Connor Nellans |
| Macedonia | Women | Viki Ristoska |
| Macedonia | Men | Senad Drpljanin |
| Madagascar | Women | Iarinjatovo Santatra |
| Madagascar | Men | Hasina Ratsimbazafy |
| Malaysia | Women |
Shamala Jeanne Chandran
|
| Malaysia | Men | Jonathan Ooi |
| Malta | Women | Jessica Borg Ghigo* |
| Malta | Men | Kyle Micallef |
| Mauritius | Women | Jessica Chu* |
| Mauritius | Men | Sananda Chinapyel |
| Mexico | Women | Brenda Castro |
| Mexico | Men | Luis Oscar Mora |
| Mongolia | Women | Odontungalag Chinbat |
| Mongolia | Men | Dorjnamjim Dorjsembe |
| Morocco | Women | Sanaa Mandar |
| Morocco | Men | Hamza Mahir |
| Mozambique | Women | Jessica Ubisse |
| Mozambique | Men | David Alpoim de Sa |
| Namibia | Women | Francie Gerber* |
| Namibia | Men | Philipp Bohlke |
| Nepal | Men | Utsab Karki |
| Netherlands | Women | Nienke van Overveld |
| Netherlands | Men | Sam Lubben |
| New Zealand | Women | Jamie Greene |
| New Zealand | Men | Luke Fiso |
| Nicaragua | Women | Fatima Artola* |
| Nicaragua | Men | Kerry Valle |
| Nigeria | Women | Monica Ogums |
| Nigeria | Men | David Segun |
| Norway | Women | Kristin Holte |
| Norway | Men | Nicolay Billaudel |
| Oman | Women | Pasent Medhat |
| Oman | Men | Aslam Al Shukaili |
| Pakistan | Women | Nazia Aslam |
| Pakistan | Men | Aqeel Ahmed* |
| Palestinian Territory | Women | Dara Al-Kayyali |
| Palestinian Territory | Men | Hamzeh Tarefi |
| Panama | Women | Pochy Valdes |
| Panama | Men | Alain Davidson |
| Papua New Guinea | Men | Jack Karo Jr. |
| Paraguay | Women | Carol Colling-Romero |
| Paraguay | Men | Diego Kemper |
| Peru | Women | Sofia Arrue Bermeo |
| Peru | Men | Lukas Ozaki |
| Philippines | Women | Lara Lorraine Liwanag |
| Philippines | Men | Robin Jaramillo |
| Poland | Women | Gabriela Migała |
| Poland | Men | Piotr Szczycinski |
| Portugal | Women | Ana C. Caldas* |
| Portugal | Men | Andre Teresinho |
| Qatar | Men | Khalid Alhamadi |
| Romania | Women | Carrie Tobias |
| Romania | Men | Severin Irimia |
| Russian Federation | Women | Ekaterina Makarova |
| Russian Federation | Men |
Roman Khrennikov
|
| Saint Lucia | Men | Heskeith Flavien* |
| Samoa | Women | MariaNive Clark* |
| Samoa | Men | Daniel Faumuina |
| San Marino | Men | Giacomo Panigucci* |
| Saudi Arabia | Women | Amal Alshahrani |
| Saudi Arabia | Men | Mansoor Alsughayer |
| Senegal | Men | Mody Traore* |
| Serbia | Women | Milena Savich |
| Serbia | Men | Lazar Đukić |
| Singapore | Women | Landy Eng |
| Singapore | Men | Ian Wee |
| Slovakia | Women | Karin Freyová |
| Slovakia | Men | Martin Kružlic |
| Slovenia | Women | Tina Tursic* |
| Slovenia | Men | Rok Dernikovic |
| South Africa | Women | Tammi Robinson |
| South Africa | Men | Jason Smith* |
| Spain | Women | Sara Alicia Fernandez Costas |
| Spain | Men | Fabian Beneito |
| Sri Lanka | Women | Keshini Vitharana |
| Sri Lanka | Men | Spencer Gardner* |
| Suriname | Women | Ava Zalman |
| Suriname | Men | Mark Tawjoeram |
| Sweden | Women | Camilla Salomonsson Hellman |
| Sweden | Men | Linus Bresander |
| Switzerland | Women | Emiko Naets |
| Switzerland | Men | Lukas Esslinger |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Women | Alaa Hannora |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Men | Amjad Keddah |
| Tajikistan | Men | Makhmanabi Khudoydodov |
| Thailand | Women | Uracha Teerawanitsan |
| Thailand | Men | Keerawat Srirungruangjit |
| Tonga | Men | Andre Alipate* |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Women | Lyndsay Murray |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Men | Mattheaus Otero |
| Tunisia | Women | Jessica Sanki* |
| Tunisia | Men | Alexandre Bradley |
| Turkey | Women | Dilara Uzdil |
| Turkey | Men | Yavuz Senturk |
| Uganda | Men | Isaac Muhima |
| Ukraine | Women | Mariana Fedorenko |
| Ukraine | Men | Maksim Shumakov |
| United Arab Emirates | Women | Shahad Budebs |
| United Arab Emirates | Men | Mahmood Shalan |
| United Kingdom | Women | Megan Lovegrove |
| United Kingdom | Men | Zack George |
| United States | Women | Kari Pearce |
| United States | Men | Mathew Fraser |
| Uruguay | Women | Victoria Frascolla |
| Uruguay | Men | Juan Manuel Seitun |
| Uzbekisan | Women | Roza Gilles |
| Uzbekisan | Men | Kamil Burkhanov |
| Vanuatu | Women | Lenise Monteiro* |
| Vanuatu | Men | Scott Monteiro* |
| Venezuela | Women | Laura Sanchez |
| Venezuela | Men | Omar Martinez |
| Viet Nam | Women | Valerie Hoang |
| Viet Nam | Men | Keith Nhan |
| Zimbabwe | Women | Laura Heuer |
| Zimbabwe | Men | Tafadzwa Mushandu |
2020 CrossFit Open National Champion FAQs
How many 2020 CrossFit Open National Champions are there?
There are 239 athletes who have earned National Champion status for the 2020 CrossFit Open. Of these 239 athletes, 116 of them are repeat winners.
When are the 2020 CrossFit Games?
The 2020 CrossFit Games kick off on Wednesday, July 29, and through Sunday, Aug. 2 in Madison, Wisconsin.
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