Laura Horvath, the Second Fittest Women in the World 2018

                 

The talk of the Women’s CrossFit Games 2018 was of SECOND place Laura Horvath.

The Hungarian is part of Europe’s CrossFit invasion.

Already from start of the Open it was clear that Laura is a fierce competitor this year.

18.1 placed her right at the top of the leaderboard with a jaw-dropping 432 reps in the workout: 8 toes-to-bars, 10 dumbbell hang clean and jerks, 14-cal. row.

Because of a mishap with the way the video was filmed, she had to redo the workout, and finished with an almost as impressive 420 reps, placing her 2nd after Annie Thorisdottir in this workout.

She finished the Open 4th in her region, Europe North.

The Regional came and Berlin was able to witness live what Horvath has been working on in herself. 

Workout after workout, Laura proved laser-sharp focus and strength in all workouts that were thrown at the athletes. 

Always finishing with a smile on her face, and taking things one step at a time, she never finished lower than 5th. 

Her favourite event was the last one, 4 rope climbs,16 thrusters, 3 rope climbs, 12 thrusters, 2 rope climbs, 8 thrusters that she finished in exactly 4 minutes, 22 seconds faster than second place finisher in the workout, Annie Thorisdottir.

However, it was Annie that stood on top of the Europe Regional podium, Laura finishing just 4 points shy from her. 

After this finish it became clear she’s a competitor that’s hungry and will not lay back.

Now she is the SECOND Fittest Women in the World!

So what's her history with CrossFit?

After a brilliant Open season in 2016, when she finished 23rd in Europe, Laura got to compete alongside the biggest names in CrossFit in Europe, at the Meridian Regional. 

It was an incredible season for the 19 year old at that time. She placed 7th on the final standings, just two spots shy from qualifying to the CrossFit Games. 

These were Laura’s first interactions with the big name athletes and despite of her young age which could have intimidated a lot of other people, she remembers how friendly and kind they all were.

2017 came and saw a stronger and more mature Laura in the Open season. 

She finished the Open as 10th overall in Europe and qualified again for the Meridian Regional, where she ended the weekend 11th on the overall standings.

Laura Horvath, the Bulletproofbodies Team Salutes you.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5wPrFfV0ZxeDqs0UpZoRhw