We’ll be seeing more from American Ninja Warrior Cameron Baumgartner

Watching the primary evening of the Semi-Finals on American Ninja Warrior, there was a second while you may need requested your self, “The place did THIS man come from?”

That man could be Cameron Baumgartner. The younger athlete trains with the Chicago-area Ninjas. Ethan Swanson referred to him as “monster” on the course. Cameron demonstrated his abilities within the Qualifiers with a course end that put him simply behind Daniel Gil on the leaderboard. Within the Semi-Finals, he shared that he truly grew up with a coronary heart situation that required surgical procedure and put sports activities into query for a very long time. That was proper earlier than he ripped the course aside. Cameron positioned third total (humorous sufficient, proper behind Daniel Gil once more).

Whereas some viewers may not acknowledge Cameron, he’s not a rookie. He did run the Cincinnati course in season 11. He cleared the Qualifying course with a good time, however didn’t make it to the Nationwide Finals. Cameron could be a more recent face on American Ninja Warrior, however we’ve a sense it’s a face we’ll be seeing extra of as issues progress. Learn on to get to know Cameron a bit higher in his personal phrases.

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“I’d say it’s an honor to be right here. One being it’s solely 150 folks this yr, but in addition as a result of we’re truly having, or attempting to have, a season this yr as nicely with all this loopy stuff occurring. So undoubtedly excited to be right here.

My motivation is to simply get on the market and carry out higher than I did final yr and simply all the time in search of new objectives for myself and to signify Chicago.”

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“With COVID occurring, I undoubtedly needed to cease my coaching as a result of the fitness center was closed. So I haven’t been coaching for some time, however I used to be capable of choose it again up a few month in the past, which remains to be not a very long time, however I constructed myself stuff from our home truly to assist put together simply in case there was a season. And I’ve been simply doing that ever since, so I really feel able to go.”

“I’m right here to perform hopefully successful that hundred thousand {dollars}. It’d be an ideal achievement for me and to make an announcement for less than being a second yr out right here and to go in opposition to principally one of the best of one of the best. So hopefully I can get there if not near that. I undoubtedly assume I’ve the velocity, energy and endurance to perform that purpose. If I carried out to my strengths and simply my sport plan, I really feel like there’s a shot.”

“My greatest problem could be to simply keep centered, have the proper mindset with each single course that’s going to be placing in entrance of me and simply being bodily and mentally ready for myself.”

Get able to hold an eye fixed out for Cameron when he returns to the American Ninja Warrior Finals in a number of weeks.