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 working for HWPO Training during 2024.