Jeffrey Adler

Jeffrey Adler is a Canadian CrossFit athlete known for becoming the "Fittest on Earth in 2023.

2025

World Fitness Project

The World Fitness Project announces the participation of Jeffrey Adler in this new championship.

Subsequently the organization posted a video of the athlete that was removed for copyright infringement. for containing images not authorized by CrossFit.

TYR Wodapalooza as a team - Team PJ's

At the end of 2024, the teams for the TYR were announced. Wodapalooza 2025 (event to be held in January in Miami). Adler was entered in the Team category, along with Pat Vellner and Jayson Hopper under the name "Team PJ's", generating excitement about this stellar trio. It was also initially registered in the individual division, leaving open the possibility of competing in both modalities.

In the end, Adler opted for not competing in the individual category of Wodapalooza. Days earlier he was seen sick (his coach shared pictures with humidifier, suggesting he had a cold), so he decided to reserve himself. However, he did fulfill his commitment in the team event by competing Saturday and Sunday.

This elite trio performed outstandingly well during the two days of tests and finished in 4th place in the elite men's team category.just outside the podium. His team scored 552 points, just short of the 561 points of third place, in a competition ultimately won by "The Boys" (Mayer/Ohlsen/Smith).

2024

Rogue Invitational Champion

This edition would take place for the first time in Europe. Jeffrey would travel a few weeks earlier to Aberdeen, Scotland to acclimatize properly before the competition in November.

Jeffrey Adler achieved one of the most important milestones of his career by winning the Rogue Invitational 2024. in Aberdeen.

He showed impressive consistency: he led the men's rankings from day one and never let go of the top spot. Although he won only one of the weekend's nine events, he did not finish outside the top 10 in any event, regularly accumulating points.

On the final day he held a 40-point lead over Brent Fikowski, enough to secure the title despite finishing 4th in the final closing event. Adler won by a 35-point margin over Fikowski in the overall result, winning the title. his first Rogue Invitational title.

He declared emotionally: "I trained for two months thinking only about this, and I achieved it" in reference to his goal of victory.

This victory at Rogue 2024 was especially significant for Adler. It proved that, despite dropping out of the Gamess, he was still "the fittest man" on the CrossFit scene. Furthermore, he put to rest any doubts that his 2023 world title had been a fluke, cementing himself with another high-caliber championship

With this achievement, Adler closed 2024 as one of the best competitors in the world and sent a clear message for the upcoming season.

CrossFit Games 2024: withdrawal

Adler came into the Games in Fort Worth, Texas, as defending champion.

However, the competition took a tragic turn on the first day: during Event 1 (800 m swim) Serbian athlete Lazar Đukić suffered a medical emergency and died in the middle of the event. Faced with this devastating situation, Jeffrey Adler made the decision to withdraw from the CrossFit Games 2024 out of respect for his fallen teammate. In a statement, he said that competing under such circumstances would not adequately honor Lazar's memory or support his family.

Adler was officially ranked 36th in the men's Games 2024.

Her retirement, together with that of other figures such as women's champion Laura Horvathmarked an unprecedented event in the history of the Games.

Beyond the result, this gesture showed their human values in the face of the tragedy, giving priority to solidarity over sport. The CrossFit Games continued to be dedicated to Lazar Đukić, eventually crowning other champions, while Adler returned home to recover physically and emotionally from what had happened.

Semifinals: North America East Champion - Syndicate Crown

In May, Adler traveled to Knoxville (Tennessee) to acclimate (heat and schedule) to the competition in May/June and arrive as best as possible at the Syndicate Crown.

After three days of very close events, he finished in 1st place by a mere 3 points over Dallin Pepper (2nd) and 6 points over Roman Khrennikov (3º)

This victory officially qualified Adler for the CrossFit Games 2024 for the sixth consecutive year..

It obtained its third consecutive victory in the Semifinal Eastern North America.

Quarterfinals

At the end of March and beginning of April, the next online qualifier was held. Adler continued to shine, qualifying 2nd worldwide in the individual Quarterfinals 2024 and 1st in the North America East region. These results kept Adler as one of the men to beat heading into the semifinals.

Open

Adler, as the reigning champion, was invited to star in the live announcement of WOD 24.1 with Brent Fikowski, Alex Gazan and Alexis Raptis.

Jeffrey Adler finished among the Top 10 in the world in Open 2024 (ranked 8th overall). He was also the best Canadian for the second consecutive year at this stage. This solid performance ensured their passage to the Quarterfinals and confirmed that they were still one of the favorites for the title in 2024.

No competition in TYR: Preseason and focus on 2024

After rumors that she might participate, she finally did not appear in the individual competition at Wodapalooza 2024, saving her energy for the official season. Adler began the year preparing for the start of the new CrossFit season, prioritizing her health and training.

2023

ROGUE Invitational

Second place, 20 points behind his compatriot Pat Vellner.

Adler won 2 events, the first and the last. In the rest he was TOP 10 minus an 11th place finish in event 5 The Duel III.

We were able to see on several occasions a friendly attitude with Khrennikov, which put to rest any differences that may have existed in the Games.

This result consolidated his excellent season after being crowned "Fittest Man on Earth" in the CrossFit Games 2023 a few months earlier.

Controversy with Khrennikov

Khrennikov shocks the community with a post accusing Adler of poor sportsmanship. The Russian explains that the Canadian was berating him at the 5k running event. He was saying Russian words like "dabai dabai" which means "come on come on" and trying to "get in his head" to break his concentration and make him lose.

Adler did not comment on the matter.

CrossFit Games 2023

He becomes the first non-American CrossFit Games winner since 2009. His lead over second-place finisher Patrick Vellner was 120 points.

Jeffrey Adler got the leader's jersey after winning the Muscle-up logs event on the last day. It was precisely in that event that Roman Khrennikov suffered a foot injury and his chances of catching him vanished.

He was top 5 in 6 of the 12 events played.

Only finished outside the TOP 10 in 2 events.

Patrick Vellner shared a photo that was split into 2. In the first we saw a young Adler who volunteered at the 2016 CrossFit Games. Adler, a compatriot of Vellner, asked him for a photo. That year the Canadian was 3rd

In the second one we see both of them with a CrossFit Canada flag and a text from Vellner that reads, "In 2023 the favor has been returned to me. Now I am the fan,

On the Talking Elite Fitness podcast, Adler comments that he and Patrick Vellner often speak French to each other. FikowskiHowever, he is not fluent in that language.

Injury before Semifinals

10 days before the semifinals, the Canadian injured his knee making clean and jerk at 152kg / 335lb. He felt a noise in his knee and had to have x-rays because he thought he had broken something. He was not able to run or drive but eventually it was all just swelling.

He did not make clean & jerk to the Games.

Jeff Adler's favorite exercise is clean and jerk and he jokes that when he is sad he does clean & jerk.

He was unable to train much before the Semifinals and when he saw the wod He thought he would not be able to do the pistol squats. Interestingly enough, he won the pistol squats event, but the athlete acknowledges that it was thanks to his great ability in the ballasted ring muscle up.

Semifinals

Won the North America East Semifinal with victories in 2 events. 4 results inside the TOP5 and no results outside the TOP10.

His goal was to finish TOP12 in the Semifinals and make the podium at the Games.

After the Semifinals, Jayson Hopper sent him a message to go train with the HWPO team. Adler didn't go and joked, "Go over there and tell Hopper all my secrets? No no!"

CrossFit Open 2023

With a lead of more than 100 points over the runner-up, Adler is proclaimed the winner of the Open 2023 worldwide.

Results
23.1: 6º
23.2A: 37º.
23.2B: 60º.
23.3: 5º

Wodapalooza 2023

He starts the year by winning Wodapalooza 2023 as a team with compatriots Patrick Vellner and Brent Fikowski.

2022

ROGUE Invitational 2022

He climbed the podium of the ROGUE in 3rd place. Won the last HEAVY GRACE event which put him in the TOP 3 getting $40,720.

CrossFit Games 2022

He finished in 5th position with 2 event wins, the Shuttle to Overhead B and the Back Mine, demonstrating his great dominance in bar and power events.

Despite that result, the athlete commented in a podcast that he had the confidence to make the podium that year.

Semifinals

Won the Atlas Games Semifinal with 2 first places in the last 2 wods.

2021

2021 was a turning point, where the athlete became more confident in his abilities to compete with the best athletes in the world.

CrossFit Games 2021

He was one of the athletes who became ill after the first swimming event in Lake Monona.

He finished in 13th position.

Wins the Open worldwide and is 3rd in North American quarterfinals.

He was second in the Atlas Games Semifinal behind compatriot Patrick Vellner.

CFG2020 TOP 5 Athlete

In 2020 he becomes one of the 5 athletes (The Live Five) to qualify for the live phase of the CrossFit Games 2020. In addition, Adler is the only participant in this edition who does not reside in the United States.

After the first online phase of the Games 2020, the athlete assured that his goal was to be in the top 15 but, after the first 2 wods he went on to aim to enter the TOP10.

His bad result (27th) in the Handstand Hold event made things very difficult for him, but he was able to recover thanks to his great performance in the last event, allowing him to get into the TOP5.

His position in the 2020 open was 5th and he was proclaimed National Champion of Canada.

His popularity increased after winning the open 20.4 at world level, beating Mat Fraser himself by 1 min and 40 seconds in that event.

The 20.4 is considered by many to be one of the most difficult events ever scheduled.

2019

Adler further gained worldwide recognition after placing 8th at the 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship pocketing a total of $13,000.

In 2019 it was his first participation in a CrossFit Games. He was able to compete until event 4, when he no longer made the cut and placed 33rd overall.

His 5th place finish in the first event, which included rope climbs, running and snatches, was outstanding.

Results

Who is your coach?

Caroline Lambray, owner of CrossFit Wonderland and Adler's coach, said in an interview that the Canadian athlete was physically ready for the 2019 Games but not psychologically, something he had yet to do and could improve as he participated in more competitions alongside the best.

Lambray is Adler's coach and partner.

Medeiros Stats

He stands out for his ability to lift very heavy weights, especially in squat.

However, he admits that his weakness is any exercise that is with body weight in his hands: Handstand Walkhandstand hold or HSPU.

Curiosities

Between 2015 and 2018 he combined training with his work in construction.

In 2019 he quit work and started doing 2 sessions a day of training.

He lived in Florida for 2 years (1998 - 2000) where he learned English, his father lost his sight due to a degenerative disease called Leber's and they had to return to Quebec, Canada.