Zhanique Lovett

Zhanique Lovett is a personal trainer who first competed in Los Angeles in American Ninja Warrior 9. Zhanique is a mother of two who has grown up from a tragic childhood, with her mother being an alcoholic. Lovett currently raises two kids with her husband, Joseph.

American Ninja Warrior 9
During her qualifying run, Lovett made an impressive first attempt in competition, where she made it to the Warped Wall before failing to scale it three times. However, Zhanique placed 24th overall in qualifying, and had additionally placed the best among the women in Los Angeles qualifying. Zhanique later failed the Warped Wall again in the city finals even though she placed 22nd overall, Zhanique placed 2nd among the top 2 women. Thus, she was able to advance to Vegas as a rookie. She failed the Double Dipper on Stage 1.

American Ninja Warrior 10
Zhanique returned to compete in LA in American Ninja Warrior 10. She was the first competitor to run the course in qualifying and fell on the Doorknob Drop but placed 2nd in the women's top 5. In the city finals, she failed the Doorknob Drop again and did not advance to the national finals as she placed 25th overall and 3rd among women. But Tiana Webberley was injured and could not compete in Las Vegas, so Zhanique replaced her. Her run was all cut in Vegas, but it was revealed that she failed the first obstacle, Archer Alley.

American Ninja Warrior 12
Zhanique returned to compete in St. Louis in American Ninja Warrior 12 after not competing in last season due to an injury. Her run was digest and she fell on the Spinning Bridge. Despite that fall, she placed 2nd for the women and advanced to the Semi Finals, where she was taken by another balance obstacle, Burn Rubber.

American Ninja Warrior 13
She competed in the ANW 13 in the second qualifier episode. Although she failed Burn Rubber last season, she decided to aim for redemption by taking it on during the Split Decision route. This time, she was able to achieve redemption as she completed Burn Rubber this time around. She put a valiant effort afterwards, being one of two female competitors that round to complete Tipping Point and though she couldn't complete V Formation, she went fast enough to place 19th overall. She was also one of five women that qualifying round to make the top 30 (a first in ANW history), ranking the highest out of the five overall.

In the semifinals, she shockingly went out on the third obstacle, Tilt-A-whirl. However because not a lot of women made it past the Lunatic Ledges, so because she made it the fastest to the 3rd obstacle, she qualified for vegas.

She returned for the second night of the National Finals where for the first time this season her run was digested. She got by the first obstacle which took her out back in Season 10, the Double Dipper which took her out back in Season 9, becoming one of a few women to clear the Jumping Spider in that season, and then Zhanique attempted the Tire Run where she started leaning forward which made her to miss the handle and head straight downward into the water. But that is her best run in Las Vegas.

Trivia

 * Her son, Joseph Jr, was known by many for his "sideshow performance" on the sidelines. On multiple instances when Zhanique was on the course, Joseph would do a backflip.
 * Zhanique is usually nicknamed "Zhanique Magnifique!" by Akbar.
 * She and Lance Pekus are the only ninjas to fail both Burn Rubber (both in Season 12) and Tire Run (both in Season 13).