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With a million-dollar prize on the line, Geoff Britten digs deep inside as he attempts to conquer Mt. Midoriyama.» SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/ANWsub» Watch mor...
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- American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja
On "American Ninja Warrior," Geoff Britten did something no one's ever done. Then another ninja did it faster, and won a million dollars. What comes next? Life, mostly. KO. by Kelly O'Mara.
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Jun 5, 2023 · American Ninja Warrior winners from every season. ... Geoff Britten (Last Ninja Standing) Calidero became the first Champion, aka winner, of ANW and winning $1 million. He and Britten tied for ...
Geoff Britten's American Ninja Warrior Profile. Details of all their past runs on ANW, video clips on the course, training gym, age, height, a history of which seasons they have competed on, which obstacles they have previously attempted, UNAA & NNL local competition results, and more!
- Overview
- American Ninja Warrior 6
- American Ninja Warrior 7
- American Ninja Warrior 8
- Temporary Retirement
- Return to American Ninja Warrior
- American Ninja Warrior 11
- Trivia
Geoff Britten (ジェフ・ブリテン) is a cameraman from Olney, Maryland. He is nicknamed "Popeye" because of his abnormally large forearms. He is famously known for being the first ever American Ninja Warrior, achieving total victory on season 7.
He first competed in American Ninja Warrior 6 where he was the only rookie to complete the St. Louis Finals course. In Vegas, his run was all cut, but it was later revealed he fell on the Jumping Spider.
He returned in American Ninja Warrior 7 stronger than ever, with fellow competitor Joe Moravsky even choosing him as his pick to advance all the way to Total Victory. He completed the Pittsburgh Qualifying and was the fastest finisher on the city finals course. Britten set a blazing pace through all of the upper-body obstacles, including the Devil Steps, Doorknob Arch, and Invisible Ladder.
In Vegas, he completed the Jumping Spider and finished Stage One. He then finished Stage Two with the fastest time of all eight finishers finishing with 29.11 seconds remaining. He was the last to run Stage Three and he almost fell on the last rung of the Flying Bar with his grip giving out, managing to hold on with his fingertips and became the second competitor to complete Stage Three, collapsing on the mat.
Having completed Stage Three in a slower time than fellow finalist Isaac Caldiero, attempted the final stage before Caldiero due to Issac's decision. Despite this, Britten completed the final stage with 0.3 seconds remaining, becoming the first American in both SASUKE and American Ninja Warrior history to achieve Kanzenseiha/Total Victory. Geoff is also the first competitor to have a perfect season, having hit all six possible finish buttons in a season, and clearing the Third Stage and claiming the first ascent.
Due to the rules of American Ninja Warrior, however, which stated that only the competitor with the fastest time to complete the Final Stage would "win," Britten was defeated by fellow finalist Isaac Caldiero, who ascended the tower second but in a faster time. Because of this, Controversy rose over the rules of the stage, and starting from American Ninja Warrior 8, the rules were changed to splitting the prize money should 2 or more competitors finish the final stage.
In American Ninja Warrior 8, Geoff competed in Philadelphia. But this time, he competed along with his wife Jessica. In Qualifying, while Jessica failed the Wall Drop during her run, Geoff made history by hitting the buzzer 7 times in a row and finished the course as one of only nine finishers in 7th place at 3:33.97, especially completing the Wall Drop and the Rolling Thunder. In the Finals, however, he failed on the Stair Hopper, ending his streak of hitting consecutive buzzers. His 8th place finish still earned him to the Las Vegas National Finals.
Unfortunately, in shock of everyone, including his fellow competitors, his supporters, and his family, he went out on the first obstacle, Snake Run, in Stage One. Britten's misstep on Snake Run was one of the most unimaginable shockers in the competition, if not the biggest one, along with the falls of Brent Steffensen, Travis Rosen, Jamie Rahn, Mike Bernardo, Kevin Bull, Ian Dory, and Jo Jo Bynum.
Britten announced via his Facebook and Instagram page that he will be taken time off from American Ninja Warrior and probably won't return until he is 40. Besides that, in the book titled, Become An American Ninja Warrior, Geoff said that American Ninja Warrior 11 might be his last ever tournament. He said he would give American Ninja Warrior at least one more go.
Even though he would take a time off from American Ninja Warrior, on American Ninja Warrior 9, he was hired by ATS (the group that builds all of the obstacles that are presented on the show) to become a tester for the obstacles that are built, testing out the difficulty of these obstacles and working with the producers to gauge the difficulty of the obstacles, whether or not they would increase the difficulty or tone it down.
With that in mind, he can still be a competitor on American Ninja Warrior; the rules for working on the show and competing are that you have to have a year between. It means that he can work for American Ninja Warrior 9 and compete on Season 11.
It was also revealed by Jamie Rahn in American Ninja Warrior 10 that Britten will serve as the creative director of Ninja Nation, a new ANW business founded by Ryan Stratis, Karsten Williams, himself and Britten. The business opened in September 2018 in Lafayette, Colorado.
Days after Isaac Caldiero's announcement of his return on American Ninja Warrior by attempting the American Ninja Warrior 10 course in Indianapolis, Britten also announced via the Armchair Ninja Podcast that he will return to American Ninja Warrior by attempting the American Ninja Warrior 11 course.
Britten has confirmed on competing in the Tacoma course. Although his run was perhaps the most anticipated run of the season, his return was extremely short-lived. As arguably one of the season's largest shockers, he did not even make it past the qualifying course, stumbling and falling on the Broken Bridge. This was the first time that Geoff failed to finish a qualifying course, let alone advance to the city finals and the Las Vegas finals.
On a somber note, he revealed on social media that his run was supposed to be in honor of Travis McDaniel, the former president of the ATS Team who tragically passed away from leukemia on May 1, 2019. This was due to him working with ATS in 2017, one year after his last appearance in ANW 8.
•Geoff currently holds the overall record for the least amount of tournaments in American Ninja Warrior to achieve Kanzenseiha, taking only two.
•With the record with the least amount of tournaments taken to achieved Kanzenseiha in any SASUKE/Ninja Warrior format is only one, as Miyake Ayako achieved her first of three straight kanzenseihas in her debut on KUNOICHI 4, Kadoi Satomi achieved one of the two kanzenseihas in her first appearance on KUNOICHI 8, and David Campbell, who achieved total victory in SASUKE Vietnam 2.
•Geoff is the oldest person to achieve Kanzenseiha, having done so at 36 years of age.
•Geoff is the first person to have a perfect season, which means he hit six buzzers (no buzzer present on Third Stage) and completed the Third Stage in American Ninja Warrior 7.
•This record will later be broken by Drew Dreschel's performance in American Ninja Warrior 11, by hitting eight buzzers due to the introduction of the Power Tower.
•Geoff formerly holds the record for the number of buzzers hit continuously without falling, at seven (including all six in American Ninja Warrior 7 and qualifying in American Ninja Warrior 8).
Oct 21, 2022 · Nicknamed Popeye for his immense forearms, Geoff Britten bested the competition in Season 7 and was famously named "The First American Ninja Warrior" after blazing through Stage 4 with 29.65 seconds left on the clock. However, due to a rule technicality, Britten lost the competition when Isaac Caldiero earned a faster time in the Final Stage.
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