Stephanie Hammerman-Roach is the world's first CrossFit Level 2 trainer with cerebral palsy. CrossFit has said she is the first woman with

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to work for them as a trainer and

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signed her as their first sponsored adaptive athlete from 2018 to 2022. She cites the death of one of her best friends in 2005 as her inspiration. She was diagnosed with

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Stage 3B in 2016. Hammerman, known as Steph or The Hammer, grew up in

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and graduated from Kennedy High School in 2008. Hammerman went on to study for a master's degree in college student affairs at

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and an undergraduate degree from

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Career

Steph began her career as a child model with a feature for Toys R’Us. She was a special guest commentator as a toy reviewer on CNN by the age of 6 and was a columnist for WE magazine at 10. At the age of 30, Hammerman had been featured on ''

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'',

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, in ''Shape'', ''People'' and on the YouTube channel CrossFit. Hammerman has been involved in fitness since 2012.

Personal

Stephanie married Tyler Roach in a private ceremony on December 4, 2020. They reside in

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. Steph has 3 siblings Her youngest sister is named Amanda.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammerman, Stephanie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Merrick, New York John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York) alumni Nova Southeastern University alumni Lynn University alumni Nike, Inc. people CrossFit