Jayson Hopper is an American CrossFit athlete. He is the winner of the 2025 CrossFit Games.
Early life Jayson Hopper was born on September 3, 1997, in Lexington, South Carolina. He was a student at Lexington High School. He played baseball, but quit baseball to focus football at Lexington High School. Despite offers to four other places including Appalachian State Mountaineers, he decided to join Clemson as a preferred walk-on. He had to take a year off to achieve the grades required to get into Clemson University, and to keep himself fit he started training in CrossFit in 2017. He played as a wide receiver for Clemson. However, he left in 2018 with the intention of training to be a pastor and focus on CrossFit.
Career Hopper first took part in the CrossFit Open in 2017, but came to the attention of the public in 2021 when he reached the semifinal at Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge held in Knoxville, Tennessee and won the men's division. He made his debut at the 2021 CrossFit Games, and finished 19th. Hopper also qualified for the Rogue Invitational in 2021, finishing in seventh place in this and two subsequent competitions.
After the 2021 Games, Hopper joined HWPO to train under Mat Fraser. At the 2022 CrossFit Games, Hopper improved on his 2021 result and finished 7th.
At the 2023 CrossFit Games, Hopper performed poorly in some of the events and was cut early, finishing in 31st place. Convinced that it was his weight, he dropped his weight down to 210 lbs.
In the 2024 CrossFit Games, Hopper's performance improved and he finished just outside the podium in 4th place. At the 2024 Rogue Invitational, he finished 3rd. In late 2024, Hopper moved from HWPO to Brute.
At the 2025 CrossFit Games, the competition was closely contested by a number of athletes, with the lead changing a few times in the early events. Hopper took the lead after event 5, maintained the lead, and won the competition just 14 points ahead of Ricky Garard.
Personal life Hopper married Grace Anne in February 2020.
CrossFit Games results
YearGamesSemifinal QuarterfinalOpen2017 15,007th (Worldwide)2018 7,413th (Worldwide)2019 451st (Worldwide)2020 171st (Worldwide)2021 19th 1st (MACC) 52nd (worldwide)35th (North America) 19th (Worldwide)12th (North America)2022 7th 2nd (Syndicate Crown) 33rd (Worldwide)19th (North America East) 16th (Worldwide)13th (North America)2023 31st 2nd (North America East) 22nd (Worldwide)10th (North America East) 35th (Worldwide)17th (North America East)20244th4th (North America East)11th (Worldwide) 4th (North America East)49th (Worldwide) 15th (North America East)2025 4th (Individual semifinal) 6th (Worldwide) 5th (North America West)20266th 1st (French Throwdown) 19th (Worldwide) 10th (North America East)26th (Worldwide) 5th (North America West)
References
External links Jayson Hopper CrossFit Games