The First Woman to Complete the American Ninja Warrior Qualifying Course

According to its Wikipedia page, the American Ninja Warrior is a sports entertainment competition spin-off of the Japanese television series Sasuke, in which competitors try to complete a series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty called "stages".

American gymnast Kacy Catanzaro who became the first female contestant to qualify for the finals.
American gymnast Kacy Catanzaro who became the first female contestant to qualify for the finals.


On the show's sixth season, Kacy Cantazaro, who is a five feet tall, 100-pounder former gymnast, joined and became the first woman to qualify for the finals. She completed the qualifying course with a time of 8 minutes and 59.53 seconds. Born in January 14, 1990, Cantazaro was nicknamed as Mighty Kacy and became a social media phenomenon as her video completing the course garnered millions of views on YouTube.

Everyone watching her was awestruck at the grace, agility and strength Cantazaro was displaying that host Akbar Gbaja Biamila even remarked, "I've seen greatness during my NFL career. And I've been in awe of people, but I am really in awe of Kacy."

Watch the awesome display of girl power in the video and we're sure you'll be impressed and inspired too!


Source: Kenny Santos on YouTube
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