BIO

My name is Matt Cable. I started playing sports at a young age. I was a 5 sport athlete in high school and it transitioned in to me wrestling in college and playing arena football shortly after. Life has thrown a few curve balls at me. I joined the military December 11th, 2011 in pursuit of starting my career just two years into college. While I was on active duty orders In 2014, I was diagnosed with AML leukemia which is a cancer of my bone marrow and I was immediately admitted into the hospital. Shortly after being admitted, I endured complete organ failure which should have taken my life. I was in coma and life support for 18 days, lost 60lbs but then I woke up. I feel like my journey had just begun. I let nothing get in my way. I trained morning and night to get my speed and strength back. I made the Warrior Games team in 2017 for team Air Force and won 3 Gold medals and a silver. Shortly after the Warrior Games I got a call from NBC’s The Titan Games and I competed on season 1, episode 6. I was able to share my story to millions and give people hope and inspiration who needed it. It was such an incredible experience. After The Titan Games I immediately started my pre deployment orders and after a few short months I got deployed over seas. 3 months later I found out my leukemia had returned and I had relapsed. I then got medically evacuated back to the states and began to get back into remission. Shortly after getting back into remission our next mission was a bone marrow transplant but before I received a transplant, I got very sick from the chemotherapy which led to fungal sinusitis and I found myself back in the ICU and on life support fighting for my life. But I fought for my life and woke up. The only thing I knew was to fight, so that’s what I did. Through this entire process I had still remained in the gym almost daily. I finally had the bone marrow transplant on September 14th of 2019. I competed on team USA at The 2022 Invictus Games and brought home 7 medals. When I got back, I qualified for The DOD Warrior Games and at the Games I wound up winning another 7 medals (4 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze) and it was such an incredible experience. I now compete full time in CrossFit and I compete for a team called The Atlanta Wild and they’re out of the United Grid League. I’m their utility and strength specialist. The fight is what keeps me motivated each day. One of my biggest goals in life is to help as many people as I can by overcoming whatever obstacles that may lie in their path no matter how big. Our greatest weakness is giving up... You gotta turn that off and always try just one more time. * My Why- I have battled cancer twice and I have realized that life is over in a blink of an eye. Do not waste it by doing something that you do not love. Be obsessed with your visions and values.

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