Jose Gomez

Jose Gomez is a cyber security expert from Folsom, California. He is known as the Bowtie Ninja since he wears bowties every day at work.

He was originally supposed to debut in season 12 of American Ninja Warrior, having gotten the call to compete in Los Angeles. However, due to the COVID pandemic shortening the season, he would not compete until one season later in ANW 13.

American Ninja Warrior 13
He competed in the second episode of qualifying. In the qualifiers, he made it to the fifth obstacle, V Formation, before failing. He landed in the top 30 at the end of the night, placing 22nd overall.

He later competed on the third episode of semifinals. Here, it was shown that the taping of the third semifinals episode took place on his 40th birthday. Running the course on his birthday, he celebrated by making it past the first four obstacles. He later slipped on the fifth obstacle, Drop Zone and he didn't make it far enough to advance to the national finals.

Trivia

 * Jose Gomez is the seventh contestant on ANW to run a course on his birthday, after Cheetah Platt (ANW 2's qualifiers), Natalie Strasser (ANW 4's Southwest qualifiers), Daniel Gil (ANW 8's Oklahoma City qualifiers), Halei Jo Fuller (ANW 10's Miami qualifiers), Brett Sims (ANW 10's Miami finals) and Jackson Meyer (ANW 11's Tacoma finals).