Jonah Bonner

Jonah Bonner is a gondolier from Newport Beach, California who competed in American Ninja Warrior 11.

His experience as a gondolier trains him for American Ninja Warrior. This is due to his job requiring him to row for four hours straight, which greatly exercises his forearms.

American Ninja Warrior 11
During Los Angeles qualifying, though his run was digested, Jonah was perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the night. As an unknown rookie, he completed the course, placing 11th overall. He had the slowest time out of the eleven finishers in the Los Angeles qualifying course, but he also stood as one of four rookies to finish the course entirely.

During the city finals, he completed the front half of the course without a sweat. However, he struggled on the Salmon Ladder, likely due to inexperience on the obstacle. While he did complete it, he was so spent he fell shortly after on The Hinge. Since thirteen competitors completed The Hinge, he didn’t have a shot at Vegas, ultimately ranking 18 out of 33 city finalists competing.

American Ninja Warrior 13
Jonah competed in the second episode of qualifying for ANW 13. His run was all cut, but it was revealed he failed V Formation. However, his time to the obstacle was enough to place 18th overall.

His run in the Semi-Finals was all cut once again, but he failed Tilt-a-Whirl, meaning he wouldn't be going to Vegas once again.