Zack George
Zack Edward George is an English elite CrossFit athlete, fitness model and television personality, known for appearing as "Steel" on the British television sports endurance game show Gladiators. In 2020, he won the UK CrossFit Open and was dubbed the "fittest man in the United Kingdom".
Early life
Zack Edward George was born on 13 July 1990 in Leicester, England to a Guyanese father and an English mother. George was overweight as a child and said that until the age of 14, "he'd have McDonald's four or five times a week and big bags of Haribo every day after school."Career
George, age 18, pursued a single year personal training course at Loughborough University, after working for a chain of gyms,. In 2012, George began a period training as a CrossFit athlete, and in 2020 he placed well in the UK CrossFit Open. He qualified for the CrossFit Games, however lost his spot due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In January 2024, he began appearing as "Steel" on the television endurance sports game show Gladiators. George appeared as Steel alongside fellow Gladiator, Giant at Sheffield railway station, to promote the revived game show.