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August 3, 2013
Stephanie Needham's Story

Stephanie Needham from Victoria, B.C., competed at the CrossFit Games in the Masters 55-59 Division. The former mixed martial artist tell us her journey to the CrossFit Games. 

"The Open came along and I was just so excited to do it," she says. "I just got a little better every year until I made it."

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