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Oddrun Eik Gylfadottir

Oddrun Eik Gylfadottir comes from Iceland but spent much of her adult life in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is now trainign in CrossFit Yas in Abu Dhabi. Eik is one of the Meridian Regionals competitive “Dóttirs” of Iceland. Since discovering CrossFit early in 2013 she has competed twice at the Meridian Regionals as an individual and in 2016 competed with Team Nordvest at the CrossFit Games. Eik is a qualified Yoga and CrossFit coach and most recently gained qualifications in Osteopathy.

We Had A Pretty Fit Squad down for a visit in Crossfit Yas – Not Bad to gather half of the Africa regions competitors @philhesketh @miaakerlund @carmenbosmans @stephchung2 @hachenberger87 @jgreenewod @ellsimmo93 @klausuggerhoj @mountainman_cf @rasmuswandersen @jonnekoski We worked on our tan, cleans + some more fitness for time & glory. Turned my 1 RM 220 (99,8 kg) into 2 Clean + Front Squat and a PR at 225 (102,5 kg) #tinyhumanproject #summeriscomming #roadtoregionals #squadgoals #whentanningandfitnessislife #fuelyourambition // @myproteindk

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