Dani Speegle
Dani Elle Speegle is an American six-time CrossFit Games athlete, who placed 13th overall in the 2020 Games. She also won the second season of competition show The Titan Games. In June 2025, Speegle was named as one of the Gladiators in the upcoming series American Gladiators, airing on Prime Video.
Early life
Speegle spent her childhood in Houston, Texas, before moving to Colorado. She went to Conifer High School in Conifer, Colorado. Speegle had been a competitive gymnast for 10 years before she was forced to quit due to a back injury, and she tried other sports after she recovered. She became involved in a number of sports, including volleyball, track, diving and rowing, and she earned five varsity letters in high school. After finishing high school, she went on to study marine biology at the Florida Institute of Technology where she was on the rowing team in her freshman year. In her senior year in college in 2015, she was introduced to CrossFit.Career
CrossFit
Speegle started taking part in CrossFit Open in 2016. She made her first appearance in the CrossFit Games in 2019 as the US national champion.Speegle had her best individual result in 2020 when she reached 13th. She has reached the CrossFit Games six times, five times as an individual athlete, and once as part of a team. The team finished 6th at the 2025 Games.
Television
In 2020, Speegle took part in the second season of Dwayne Johnson's game show The Titan Games. She won the regional finals in episode 3, before she was crowned the champion in the finale.In 2025, Speegle was chosen to be a gladiator in the Amazon Prime reboot of the American Gladiators.