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(CNN) — It was the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games, and Jenny LaBaw was an underdog.
She had only started training for the competition seven months before. While CrossFit seemed extreme to some, the fitness regimen made sense to LaBaw, who had competed in sports through childhood and college and ran marathons as an adult.
Still, many were surprised — including LaBaw — when she placed sixth in the competition that year, making her the “sixth fittest person in the world.” Her boyfriend, Marcus Brown, said that her involvement in CrossFit led to a “rebirth,” reawakening the competitor within.
But she was hiding something: LaBaw had been diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 8. She has a constant tingling in her right arm, referred to by some as “the shakes.”
The stigma around the disease, which most people associate with seizures, made her afraid to come forward. In 2012, after her CrossFit success, she decided to make a video and tell the truth.
http://wgno.com/2015/10/17/crossfit-inspires-athlete-to-open-up-about-epilepsy/
Hopefully other athletes or "celebrities" will come forward about their personal experiences.