Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr is an Australian weightlifter and CrossFit Games athlete.
26 Facts About Tia-Clair Toomey
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At the CrossFit Games, Tia-Clair Toomey was runner-up in 2015 and 2016, before becoming winner of the 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022, and 2024 CrossFit Games.
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Tia-Clair Toomey was born on 22 July 1993 to Debbi and Brendon Toomey in Nambour, Queensland, Australia, the eldest of three girls.
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Tia-Clair Toomey grew up in Dunethin Rock along the Maroochy River on the Sunshine Coast, where her parents worked on a cane farm.
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Tia-Clair Toomey attended a primary school in North Arm, Queensland.
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Tia-Clair Toomey studied at Western Cape College in Weipa, and then boarded at the Townsville Grammar School in Townsville in 2009.
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Tia-Clair Toomey competed in athletics as a runner while she was at school.
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Tia-Clair Toomey joined a CrossFit gym and became involved in the sport; soon after she started participating in CrossFit competitions in 2013.
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Tia-Clair Toomey learned the basics of weightlifting through her CrossFit classes.
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Tia-Clair Toomey first competed in the CrossFit Open less than a month after learning CrossFit in 2013.
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Tia-Clair Toomey won her first Games in a tight finish, beating Webb by only two points.
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At the 2018 Games, Tia-Clair Toomey won convincingly with a 64-point lead over second-place Laura Horvath.
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In 2020, Tia-Clair Toomey extended her record to four consecutive wins.
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Tia-Clair Toomey further extended the number of titles won to five at the 2021 CrossFit Games with another dominant display, winning nine of 15 events at the Games and setting a record score of 1,435.
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Tia-Clair Toomey won her sixth title, and $310,000 prize money, at the 2022 CrossFit Games.
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Tia-Clair Toomey's win made her the only person to win six individual CrossFit Games title.
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Tia-Clair Toomey placed first in two of 13 events at the competition.
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Tia-Clair Toomey returned next year at the 2024 CrossFit Games and won her seventh title, extending her record of the most number of title wins among both males and females.
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Tia-Clair Toomey later offered to coach Toomey on weightlifting and encouraged Toomey to try to get to the Rio Olympics representing Australia.
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In December 2020, Tia-Clair Toomey announced her plan to train with the Australian bobsleigh team and try to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics in China.
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Tia-Clair Toomey teamed up with James Newbury to compete in the Mixed Doubles division and finished second at Hyrox Brisbane in March 2025.
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Tia-Clair Toomey met her husband and coach, Shane Orr, while she was still in high school and they were both participating in a local triathlon event in Weipa, later introduced to each other at a fishing competition.
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Tia-Clair Toomey announced her pregnancy in December 2022, and that she would not compete in the 2023 Games.
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Tia-Clair Toomey's daughter Willow was born on 9 May 2023.
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Tia-Clair Toomey moved in 2021 to East Nashville, Tennessee used as a base for PRVN Fitness training camp where her husband is head coach.
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Tia-Clair Toomey appeared in a Super Bowl LV commercial along with fellow CrossFitter Josh Bridges.