Gretchen Kittelberger

Why Recognized Sports Governance Creates Sustainability For Athletes, Coaches, and Gym Owners

What you will learn:

• Clarity on What Recognized Sports Governance Means – We’ll talk through what it means to have a true governing body and governance structures in the sport of functional fitness and the kind of safeguards and oversight that brings to the sport as a whole. 

• Real Life Examples of the Impact of National Sporting Recognition – We’ll discuss how getting functional fitness recognized as a sport on a national level creates job opportunities and advantages for athletes, coaches, gym owners, and administrators

• How You Can Get Involved – Pathways to get involved and support national and international recognition for the sport will be discussed

More about Gretchen:

Gretchen Kittelberger is the founder and President of the International Functional Fitness Federation. After her NCAA gymnastics career, she discovered CrossFit®, went all-in, and competed at the CrossFit Games four times as an individual from 2011–2014, including a regional win in 2014.

She later joined CrossFit, LLC as in-house legal counsel, and in 2016 launched the iF3 to build a true governance structure for the sport with the long-term goal of Olympic inclusion. Today she continues to lead the iF3 while working as an in-house attorney in the education technology sector.