Michele Letendre

Michele’s career as a coach started as an athlete. Very young Michele competed in swimming and waterpolo.

After a hiatus from sports to finish a University degree in Design, Michele found CrossFit and starting competing and coaching almost immediately.

She has competed at CrossFit Games 6 consecutive years (2011-2016) and upon retiring started coaching competitive athletes from 2017 until today. Michele has coached multiple Games level athletes including podium finishers such as Patrick Vellner.

All throughout her competitive and coaching career at the elite level, Michele has always had a foot in the affiliate as a manager, head coach, then owner at Deka CrossFit and was on the CrossFit seminar staff for 2 years.

Michele started Deka Comp in 2016 and still leading the company. Deka Comp specializes in individual competitive programming as well as affiliate programming. The mission of Deka Comp is her vision of what CrossFit can offer: improved athletic ability for people of all levels.