Dani Elle Speegle
Dani Elle Speegle is a CrossFit athlete and fitness creator, founder of Girls Who Eat, Titan Games winner, and “Crush” on American Gladiators.
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Known for
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- Work
- CrossFit athlete, fitness creator and television competitor
- Started CrossFit
- September 2015, at CrossFit OwnIt in Florida
- Breakout
- 2019 U.S. national champion in the CrossFit Open and first CrossFit Games appearance
- Community
- Founder of Girls Who Eat
- On television
- The Titan Games winner and American Gladiators’ Crush
Mini bio
How it started.
Dani spent about ten years as a competitive gymnast before a back injury ended that chapter. She tried volleyball, track and diving, and rowed on a college scholarship. In September 2015, she began CrossFit at CrossFit OwnIt, where coach Asante Richards helped her learn the techniques and encouraged her progress.
Finding her sport.
Her first competition win came at the Festivus Games, just months after she started. By 2019, she was the U.S. national champion in the CrossFit Open and made her Games debut. Her best individual Games finish is 13th in 2020; in 2025 she returned with CrossFit Invictus for her first team appearance.
Beyond the leaderboard.
Dani won season two of NBC’s The Titan Games in 2020. Her Girls Who Eat campaign encourages women to value their bodies for what they can do and to build confidence around strength and food. Her work now also includes playing Crush on Prime Video’s American Gladiators and collaborating with INOV8 on training footwear.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television
- 2026American GladiatorsGladiator: Crush
- 2020The Titan Games, season twoCompetitor and women’s champion
Collaborations
- 2026Dani Speegle F-LITE MAXINOV8 footwear collaborator
- 2023TYR Sport and Girls Who Eat campaignTeam TYR athlete and campaign founder
Awards
Quotes
Our bodies are beautiful because of what they can do, not what they look like.Dani Speegle, TYR Sport announcement via Athelo Group
She shared the message while announcing her partnership with TYR in February 2023 and explaining the purpose of Girls Who Eat.
Trivia
- In her 2016 interview with The Barbell Spin, Dani named the snatch and handstand movements as her favourite CrossFit movements.
- She has said she loves scuba diving, beach time and being near the ocean.
- Before her CrossFit career, she studied marine biology and imagined a future doing ocean research.
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