CrossFit has released the official list of athletes who received a region exemption for the 2024 CrossFit Games season. In total, 35 athletes had their request approved to compete in a different region than their country of citizenship.
We have already reported on the two most notable names receiving a region exemption – Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Roman Khrennikov. Additionally, Katrin Davidsdottir has also received a region exemption request for the second consecutive year.
Of the 35 exemptions, 16 were for athletes making Asia their competitive region this year. North America East had the second most exemptions with seven. No athletes had their region approved to compete out of Africa.
Here is the official list of the 35 athletes who received a region exemption this year (their new region is in ():
- Batuhan Aksin (Asia)
- Carlos Albaladejo (Asia)
- Sigridur Dora Birgisdottir (Asia)
- Fernando Carrillo (Europe)
- Katrin Davidsdottir (North America West)
- Marie Gallerand (Asia)
- Emiliana Guerra (North America East)
- Hannes Nickl (North America West)
- Melissa Haun (Europe)
- Evie Hollis (Asia)
- David Hughes (Asia)
- Shelby Jamieson (Asia)
- Roman Khrennikov (North America East)
- Jen Kinsella (Oceania)
- David Kravchenko (Asia)
- Abraham La O (Asia)
- Michael Marlow (Oceania)
- Conor McEleny (Oceania)
- Alex Millington (Asia)
- Clement Mindjumba (North America East)
- Stephanie Ortiz (Oceania)
- Adele Quinton-Page (Asia)
- Holly Roderick (Asia)
- Juan Pablo Rodriguez (North America East)
- Paolo Rossil (Asia)
- Denis Samsonov (North America East)
- Mario Santaella (North America East)
- Lea Schmidt (North America West)
- Keith Stillman (Asia)
- Liam Stump (Asia)
- Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr (North America East)
- Kristen Torres (Asia)
- Luke Tweddell (Asia)
- Michael Viedma (Europe)
- Vicki Webber (Oceania)
CrossFit did not publish the number of region exemption applications it received. However, the most notable athlete to have her request denied was Ellie Turner. We covered that story back in January. Turner will once again compete out of the Oceania region.
