The perennial top finisher finally breaks through with a title.

Written by Robert Zeglinski Last updated on August 6, 2023

Laura Horvath is the Women’s Individual champion of the 2023 CrossFit Games. It’s the Hungarian athlete’s first-ever title after three previous podium finishes in 2018 and 2021-2022. Horvath is the primary Eastern European athlete to ever win the CrossFit Games. To construct her eventual title case, the 26-year-old Horvath won five of a possible 12 events, including the last 4, to shut the competition on a high note. Such a sterling performance gave the athlete barely enough of an edge to surpass runner-up Emma Lawson. Horvath is now officially the Fittest Woman on Earth®.

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Listed below are the highest 10 finishers within the Women’s Individual division on the 2023 CrossFit Games:

Individual Women, 2023 CrossFit Games | Final Standings

1. Laura Horvath (Hungary) — 966 points | 2023 Fittest Woman on Earth®
2. Emma Lawson (Canada) — 919 points
3. Arielle Loewen (United States) — 883 points
4. Gabriela Migała (Poland) — 788 points
5. Alex Gazan (United States) — 786 points
6. Alexis Raptis (United States) — 771 points
7. Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir (United States) — 741 points
8. Emma Cary (United States) — 731 points
9. Danielle Brandon (United States) — 711 points
10. Paige Powers (United States) — 696 points

Here’s an outline of Horvath’s winning performance on the 2023 CrossFit Games, event by event:

Laura Horvath | Event By Event 2023 CrossFit Games Performance

1. Ride — Seven laps (ninth place)
2. Pig Chipper — 13:50.40 (1st place)
3. Inverted Medley — Cap +5 (twenty seventh place)
4. The Alpaca Redux — 16:36.18 (2nd place)
5. Ski-Bag — 4:36.18 (1st place)
6. Helena — 9:06.79 (fifteenth place)
7. Cross-Country 5K — 19:02.68 (thirteenth place)
8. Intervals — 8:32.50 (eighth place)
9. Olympic Weightlifting Total — 470 kilos (1st place)
10. Muscle-Up Logs — 8:41.22 (1st place)
11. Parallel Bar Pulls — 8:36.46 (1st place)
12. Echo Thruster Finals — 7:41.20 (4th place)

Horvath won her first profession CrossFit Games title by virtue of a performance that could possibly be described as “boom or bust.” If the athlete performed well in an event, likelihood is, she was likely taking the victory. If she didn’t, she struggled to complete in the highest 10. Nonetheless, her five event triumphs out of 12 tests were enough to make history.

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Horvath enters exclusive company as just tenth woman to ever win the Individual CrossFit Games. At just the age of 26, her reign might only be starting. On the very least, Horvath has actually been distinguished as a household name and as a champion.

In her post-win interview with the on-field reporter, Horvath took a gentle swipe at popular culture while encouraging younger viewers as she acknowledged the health and fitness advantages of CrossFit training.

“I’m blissful what my body can do and I’m not taking a look at the brand new “Barbie” movie, ‘Oh, I would like to appear like that.’ I would like to appear like what I appear like. And I just need to prove that my body, whatever it looks like, can do these amazing things. And move things from A to B and run fast and lift heavy, and all those things. I’m very excited that little girls and teenagers can look as much as all these amazing girls which can be here, because our bodies are usually not us, we’re what’s inside. And it’s amazing what our bodies can do for those who put the work in.”

Featured image: @laurahorvaht on Instagram