Lauren Weeks
American athlete
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Lauren Weeks is an American Hyrox athlete. She is a three-time world champion in Hyrox.
Weeks at Stockholm Major HYROX in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 35–36) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Hyrox |
Career
Prior to competing in Hyrox, Weeks competed in CrossFit. Her best result was at the 2017 Regionals, where she placed 14th.[1] She was introduced to Hyrox in 2019 while still a trainee nurse.[2]
Weeks won the 2020 and 2021 Hyrox World Championships. She competed in the first season of the reality competition show Spartan Games in 2021. After placing in the top three in the first season, Weeks returned to compete in the second season in 2022.[3] She competed in the 2022 HYROX World Championships while eight months pregnant and finished ninth.[4][1] Less than a year after her pregnancy, she won the 2023 HYROX World Championships.[5]
In 2024, Weeks won the first Hyrox Major of the 2024/25 season in Amsterdam, with a time of 58:12.[6] She placed second at the second major[7] and first in the third.[8] In the fourth and final major of the season, Weeks beat her own world record and won the competition.[9]
Personal life
Weeks moved to South Carolina in 2014. She gave birth to a daughter in 2022.[6]
Competitive history
Hyrox
| Year | Event | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 2020 | HYROX World Championships[10] | 1:09:47 |  |
| 2021 | HYROX North American Championships | 1:05:18 (WR) | |
| HYROX World Championships[11] | 1:03:43 (WR) | | |
| 2022[Note 1] | HYROX North American Championships[12] | 1:07:03 | |
| HYROX World Championships | 1:13:02 | 9 | |
| 2023 | HYROX European Championships[13] | 1:01:12 | |
| HYROX North American Championships | 1:03:44 |  | |
| HYROX World Championships[14] | 59:51 | | |
| 2024 | HYROX European Championships[15] | 58:03 (WR) | |
| HYROX North American Championships | 1:01:20 | | |
| HYROX World Championships[16] | 1:03:37 |  | |
| 2025 | HYROX Major #1 - Amsterdam | 0:58:12 | |
| HYROX Major #2 - Hong Kong | 1:00:31 | | |
| HYROX Major #3 - Las Vegas | 1:00:31 | | |
| HYROX Major #4 - Glasgow | 0:56:23 (WR) | | |
| HYROX North American Open Championships | 0:55:38* (Open WR) | | |
| HYROX World Championships (E15 Solo) | 59:43 | | |
| HYROX World Championships
E15 doubles - with Lauren Griffith |
54:58 | | |
| 2026 -
Season 8 |
HYROX Major #1 - Hamburg (E15 Solo) | 59:13 | |
| HYROX Major #1 - Hamburg
E15 Doubles - with Lauren Griffith |
54:39 | | |
| HYROX Major #2 - Melbourne (E15 Solo) | 58:48 | | |
| HYROX Major #2 - Melbourne
E15 Doubles - with Lauren Griffith |
56:16 | 6 | |
| HYROX Major #3 - Phoenix (E15 Solo) | 58:30 | | |
| HYROX Major #3 - Phoenix
E15 Doubles - with Vivian Tafuto |
53:11 (WR) | | |
| HYROX Regional - Americas Championship (E15 Solo) | 56:27 | | |
| HYROX Regional - Americas Championship
E15 Doubles - with Vivian Tafuto |
52:59 (WR) | | |
| HYROX Major #4 - Warsaw (E15 Solo) | |||
| HYROX Major #4 - Warsaw
E15 Doubles - with |
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| HYROX World Championships (E15 Solo) | |||
| HYROX World Championships
E15 Doubles - with Vivian Tafuto |
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Notes
- During the 2022/23 season, Weeks was Pregnant. She was 4 months pregnant during the North American Championships and 8 months pregnant during the World Championships.
