About

Nienke van Overveld is a 5x CrossFit Games athlete, ‘Fittest Woman in the Netherlands 2020’, ‘European Champion 2023 – Team No Shortcuts’, ‘4th Fittest on Earth 2021 – Team CrossFit Surbiton’, and ‘5th Fittest on Earth 2023 – Team No Shortcuts’.  She has been on a Dutch (2019), British (2021), Spanish (2022) and Danish (2023) CrossFit Games team. 

Besides her 5 year background in gymnastics and 9 year background in CrossFit, she has a BSc in Biomedical Sciences (Maastricht University) and a MSc in Human Movement Sciences / Sport Psychology (VU Amsterdam). She is a CrossFit Level 2 Coach and an Advanced Personal Trainer (MILO Education). She started coaching CrossFit classes back in 2015, as well as personal training, remote (personalized) coaching and drives across the Netherlands/Belgium to host gymnastics and competitor clinics. 

 Currently, she is studying for her second degree: BSc Psychology. And started working in complex disability care since 2025.