Samantha Briggs Net Worth, How Much Money Does The Crossfit Athlete Have?

CrossFit athlete Samantha Briggs has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2022.

In 2010 Briggs first qualified for the CrossFit Games and thus began her lucrative and inspirational career in the sport.

She finished second at the 2010 Europe Regional behind Annie Thorisdottir, the soon-to-be twice Games champion.

Briggs' highest finish at the 2010 CrossFit Games was third place on a track called "Pyramid Double Helen."

She completed in 18:30, and the only two women to beat her were Annie Thorisdottir with 17:53 time and Kristan Clever with 18:23 time, the overall second and first place Games finishers.

Overall, Briggs finished in 19th place.

Briggs was a more developed and experienced athlete by 2011 and made a giant leap of improvement to 4th overall that year.

Briggs also earned top 10 event finishes on 7 of the 10, including winning two events, called "The End 2" and "The End 3".

Problems In Samantha Briggs' Early Career

Sadly, in 2012, the Crossfit athlete Samantha Briggs was sidelined by an unfortunate knee injury.

As such, she officially withdrew from the competition midway through the CrossFit Open, the first stage of qualifying for the CrossFit Games in March.

She cited maltracking of her right kneecap as the reason behind her withdrawal. Maltracking has been an ongoing issue for the last couple of years.

Briggs later learned she also had a condition called a fractured patella.

During the year 2012, she changed her approach to training via experimentation.

According to the head trainer at CrossFit 3D, a CrossFit gym that Briggs frequented in the past, the Crossfit athlete's approach to training in her early years included very high volume metabolic conditioning.

This exercise resulted in her quite literally smashing herself into the ground.

With a new awareness of her injuries, Brigg's coach, Steadman, and sports therapist, James Jowsey, subsequently programmed new workouts that would not cause further damage to the athlete.

Briggs eased off many workouts involving her legs to reduce damage and spent time developing her upper body gymnastics skills on exercises like the pull-up bar, rope, and gymnastics rings.

She also opened her own CrossFit affiliate, Train Manchester.

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With a net worth of over $5 million, Samantha Briggs is one of the richest Crossfit athletes in modern memory.

Although her career had stalled in 2012 due to an injury, Briggs returned to competition in 2013 with the drive expected of an athlete sidelined for a year and hungry for conquest.
Soon after her return, Briggs won the worldwide Open.

She went on to win the Europe Regional and qualified for the 2013 CrossFit Games in Carson.

In 2013, the two-time champion, Annie Thorisdottir, who'd previously won in 2011 and 2012, was out because of a back injury and unable to defend the title.

Briggs's performance at the 2013 Crossfit Games bolstered her nickname of "The Engine."

These performances included completing a half-marathon row of 21,097 meters on an indoor Concept 2 rower that the athlete finished in one hour and 27 minutes, or more specifically, 1:27:47.9.

She had three event wins and won overall, with a decisive 79 points lead over Lindsey Valenzuela, the second-place finisher.

Samantha Briggs' Mid-Career Slump And Rise

Samantha Briggs' career would go through ups and downs, even after her triumphant return.

Next Spring, the CrossFit athlete won the Open yet again, but sadly, she failed to qualify for the Games after getting fourth place at the 2014 Europe Regional.

Early in the competition, Briggs finished in 26th place in the maximum distance handstand walk event, as she could only go 65 ft (20 m).

Although she amassed three event wins and never finished lower than eighth on any other event, Briggs missed out on qualification by six points.

Due to placing fourth place, she became the first reigning individual champion to be eliminated at the Regionals of the year.

Despite her fumbles at the CrossFit Games, ESPNW named Briggs an "athlete to watch" at the 2015 CrossFit Games.

Sadly, tragedy struck Briggs again as not only did she injure her Sacroiliac joint midway through the CrossFit Open qualifying stage, but right before the Regionals, the CrossFit athlete broke her foot.

Despite her injury, Briggs earned 2nd overall at the 2015 Atlantic Regional and qualified for the 2015 CrossFit Games.

During the 2015 Games, Briggs was able to finish 4th overall.

Her best performance was in the Murph event, which the athletes completed in the afternoon at over 100 °F (38 °C).

She won the Murph event in 39 minutes and 10 seconds.

This time was more than a minute ahead of Alethea Boon of New Zealand, the next closest female athlete, and quicker than all the male athletes except Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson of Iceland.

Luck almost gave up on her again as Briggs nearly missed the 2016 CrossFit Games due to an issue with her visa. However, she persisted.

In the Ranch Trail Run, the first event, Briggs beat all the other female athletes and finished nearly a minute faster than Kristin Holte, the runner-up, and faster than all men except Josh Bridges and Mat Fraser.

She also won the Climbing Snail event and again finished just out of the podium in fourth place this year.

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Although it is uncertain if they are married, Samantha Briggs is in a relationship with real estate agent Nicole Holcomb.

The two are open about their relationship but haven't discussed it publicly.

They are open because they have stated they're together, and both often post to the other on their social media.

Aside from these instances, the two are private about their relationship details.

Samantha Briggs' Later Career And End

Samantha Briggs started strongly at the 2017 CrossFit Games and tied first place with eventual winner Tia-Clair Toomey.

However, the CrossFit athlete faltered in her weaker events, like the 1-RM Snatch, where she finished ninth.

The following year, in 2018, she had to undergo surgery after suffering from a severe elbow injury.

Despite the elbow injury, Briggs managed to qualify for the master' division just before undergoing surgery.

At the 2018 CrossFit Games, she competed as a Master but again nearly missed the Games due to visa issues.

Thankfully, she didn't miss the games and finished second in the 35–39 Masters division.

In December 2018, Briggs won the first ever sanctional, the Dubai Crossfit Championship, to qualify for the 2019 CrossFit Games.

At nearly 40, in 2021, Briggs finished fourth at the Dubai CrossFit Championship and managed to qualify for the 2021 CrossFit Games.

She also finished 6th originally at the German Throwdown, but Emma Tall was penalized in a review for one of the events, which led to Briggs being elevated to fifth to qualify for the Games.

However, Briggs placed 21st after ten events in the Games, just below the cut line for the final five events.

Following the disappointment, the athlete announced that she would retire from competing at the CrossFit games after the 2022 season in August and return to the fire service.

After failing to qualify for the 2022 Games at the Strength in Depth semifinal, Samantha Briggs retired.

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