Founders

Born and raised in Romania but have lived in Chicago since 1997.

Profession: Independent Master Personal Trainer.

Athletic background: practiced natural bodybuilding for over 30 years. Competed in numerous natural bodybuilding contests in US and Canada. Amongst the many awards I received the most symmetrical physique recognition hence the nick name Mr. Symmetry Ninja.  I switched from practicing bodybuilding to ninja warrior in 2015 and in 2016 also included bouldering as part of my training regiment.

I competed in numerous ninjas warrior competitions.

In 2018 I co-founded a ninja warrior league, Athlete Warrior Games, in the midwest USA. Same year I competed on Ninja Warrior Romania where I was a semifinalist.

You can find Cornel at the below link:

Nickname “Jaan Balke”

-From Germany
-Studied Sport Science
-Background in different Extreme Sports like Snowboarding, Surfing, Parkour, Climbing, Skateboarding, Cliffdiving, Freestyle Trampoline and Fighting.
-Owns several Training Licenses for different Kind of Sports
-Build and owns the first Ninja Gym in Germany
-Is Obstacle Addicted and likes to build new Stuff
-Started the first Ninja Competitions in Germany besides the Show
-Also known as “Super Mario” because he competes in a Super Mario Outfit at Ninja Warrior Germany

-Tv Shows:
Competed in every Ninja Warrior Germany Season (1-5, Season 1 & 5 Finalist)
2 x Team Ninja Warrior Germany
1x Ninja Warrior Germany Allstars
1x Ninja Warrior Switzerland (Season 1, Finalist)
1x Big Bounce (Season 1, Finalist)
1x Eurogames (#1 with Team Germany)

You can find Jann at the below links:

Leo is a game developer by day, ninja warrior by night, and musician all day long.  He has a diverse background of fitness that includes ninja warrior, rock climbing, aerial straps & silks, and calisthenics.  Outside of fitness, he has many interests and hobbies including game & software development, cosplay, several music instruments, singing, and DIY.  In his ninja career, he has made it to finals in NNL and AWG two years in a row, and UNAA finals for the first time in 2020.  He has recently started training aerial straps, and will start performing in 2021.

You can find Leo at the below link:

Born and raised in Romania

Profession: Freelancer in IT, Design & Architecture.

Athletic background: Started with ski, gymnastics and athletism. At the age of 10 (1986) I began to learn Japanese JuJutsu. Later I studied Wing Chun, Ki Aikido, Karate and Ninjutsu.

As former military self-defence instructor I was familiar with the challenges that SASUKE show promoted.

In 2014  I built first modular obstacle structure and organised small and backyard ninja warrior competitions in Romania. In 2018 I trained and coached most of the athletes that participated to Ninja Warrior Romania.

Full time Sponsored Ninja Warrior, Father, Business Director and Community worker. I love all things Ninja and am super excited about bringing the world of ninja that little bit closer together.

3x Ninja Warrior UK Grand Finalist
Sasuke 37 1st UK Invite
UNAA International Pro Finalist
Owner of Ninja Warrior UK Adventure Edinburgh
Chair of Ninja Sport UK

You can find Ali at the below links:

Helicopter sea rescuer of Malta maritime division. Specialized in Search and rescue in open waters and provide lifesaving techniques.

Owner of Obstacle Course Academy in Malta.

OBSTACLE COURSE SPECIALIST:

• OBSTACLE COURSE ACADEMY 2019 TO PRESENT

MALTA GLADIATOR TRAIL JAN 2021:

• DESIGNED THE OBSTACLES, SUPERVISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OBSTACLES.
• TESTED ALL OBSTACLES FOR FAULT PRIOR TO THE COMPETITION.
• ENSURED ALL OBSTACLES WHERE WITHIN THE HEALTH &   SAFETY GUIDELINES.
• UMPIRE FOR THE EVENT

Born and raised in the Netherlands.

Profession: PE Teacher currently working on his Master degree in Sport Innovation.

Athletic background: Started doing parkour and Freerunning when he was younger. After the first season of Ninja-Warrior Holland in 2017 he got hooked to this new sport. Since then competing in Germany.

Always finding new challenges! If you need a new ninja-warrior challenge check out my Instagram!

You can find Jimmy at the link below:

Nat is an exercise and is such a sports science nerd that she’s got her Masters in it.  She is strength and conditioning coach, masters ninja athlete and works with professional sporting teams on their training.

Nat likes to play (ie, train) as much as possible who suffers severe ground allergies… she’s always climbing, on ninja obstacles or inverted.  Do her feet ever touch the ground?  We’ve never seen it.

Nat has to train smart these days… being an awesome mature age athlete.