Kevin Bull

Kevin Bull is a stock trader who first competed in American Ninja Warrior 6 as a walk-on. He is a fan of American Ninja Warrior and has trained with some ANW Veterans.

American Ninja Warrior 6
Kevin Bull competed in Venice Qualifying of American Ninja Warrior 6 as a walk-on and finished the course with the fourth-fastest time to qualify for the Venice Finals.

In the Venice Finals, he used an unorthodox approach to complete Cannonball Alley by using his feet to grab the third cannonball. He would eventually be one of only two competitors to complete the Venice Finals course, the other being David Campbell.

In Vegas, he was the last hope for Venice for no one from Venice completed Stage One. However, he shockingly failed the Silk Slider, meaning no Venice qualifier completed Stage One.

American Ninja Warrior 7
Kevin Bull competed again in the Venice Qualifying Round of American Ninja Warrior 7. On the course, he blazed through all six obstacles and finished with the fastest time to qualify to the Venice finals. In the Finals, he was able to clear the Salmon Ladder, (Modified) Rumbling Dice, and Clear Climb, but wasn't able to get up the Invisible Ladder. He was one of only three competitors to reach the last obstacle in the finals. Kevin still got far and fast enough and move on to Vegas.

In Las Vegas, he completed Stage One with almost 50 seconds left and broke the streak of Stage One fails from the Venice competitors that started the previous season. On the Second Stage, Kevin once again blazed through all the obstacles and finished with the second fastest time. In Stage Three, Bull kept a fast pace on the first three obstacles. Unfortunately, on the newly modified Ultimate Cliffhanger, Kevin wasn't able to get a firm grip on the transition to the small ledge and failed.

He represented Team USA in American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World 2. In the tournament, he competed on Stages 1 and 2. On Stage One, he went up against Tim Champion of Team Europe and Takahashi Kenji of Team Japan. Surprisingly, he failed the Jumping Spider. Unfortunately, Tim Champion advanced all the the way to the Flying Triple Swing and won the heat for Team Europe. On stage 2, Bull competed against Stefano Ghisolfi of Team Europe and Hioki Masashi of Team Japan. Even though he cleared stage 2 in the regular tournament, he shockingly failed the Double Salmon Ladder. He lost the heat to Ghisolfi who advanced all the way to Roulette Row before failing. Team USA ultimately won the tournament.

American Ninja Warrior 8
Kevin Bull competed again in American Ninja Warrior 9 during the Los Angeles Qualifying Round at Universal Studios Hollywood, where he blazed through all six obstacles on the course and finished with the fastest time at 02:02.81 to qualify to the Los Angeles Finals. In the Los Angeles City Finals, Bull blazed through the first seven obstacles at a very fast pace. Unfortunately, like many that day, Bull failed the new obstacle, The Wedge. Due to his quick pace on the beginning of the course, Bull finished third overall and punched his ticket to Vegas for the third consecutive year.

In Las Vegas, he sadly fell once again on the third obstacle of Stage One, which is the new Giant Log Grip.

American Ninja Warrior 9


Kevin Bull once again competed in the Los Angeles Qualifying for American Ninja Warrior 9. From there, he had some slip ups on the Battering Ram and almost failed there, but he still managed to finished the course with the third fastest time. In the city finals. Kevin's run was shown midway and he fell on the Stair Hopper landing him in 8th place which was good enough for him to advance to Vegas.

In the Vegas finals, his first stage run was digested but it was shown that he completed Stage One with 27.95 seconds left. In Stage Two, despite his run being all cut, Kevin maneuvered through the first four obstacles with finesse. However, as Kevin attempted to make the transition to the second wingnut on Wingnut Alley, he hit his chin badly causing him to fall straight in the water.

American Ninja Warrior 10


Before his season began, Kevin Bull coached one of the hosts of American Ninja Warrior, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, during the Celebrity Ninja Warrior: Red Nose Day 2 competition. He once again competed in the Los Angeles region for American Ninja Warrior 10. He went thru the first 4 obstacles in a very quick place, but shockingly failed the Doorknob Drop when he lost his grip on the final doorknob. This was the first time that he had failed on a qualifying course, but he still placed 11th, being the fastest competitor who made it to that obstacle.

In the city finals, his run was shown midway once again but he got his revenge on the Doorknob Drop and became the first competitor that night to complete the Giant Cubes, as well as the first finisher of the night, finishing in 6:31.31, he placed 4th overall and advanced to the national finals. He was one of of three people in this year's Los Angeles competition that failed to complete the qualifying course but went on to complete the city finals course. But on Stage One he fell on the transition to the Cargo net on Twist and Fly failing Stage 1 for the third time.

American Ninja Warrior 11
He returned in Los Angeles for American Ninja Warrior 11. He managed to finish the qualifying round with the 3rd fastest time. However, this also meant he narrowly missed out on competing in Power Tower showoff, though he still advances into the city finals round. In the city finals, he went thru the first 8 obstacles quickly in hope to make it to the Power Tower this time. He ended up falling on the blind catch of Leaps of Faith. Like qualifying, he placed 3rd overall and yet again narrow missed out on competing in the Power Tower, but he advanced to Vegas for his 6th straight year. But on Stage One he fell on Twist & Fly for the second year in row marking his second consecutive Stage 1 fail, this time failing on the transition from the first handle to the second handle which marked the fifth time that he has failed Stage 1.

American Ninja Warrior 12
Kevin returned to compete on the modified American Ninja Warrior 12. In qualifying, his run was digested, but it was revealed that he got through the first five obstacles, but failed to conquer the Mega Wall. He did, however, scale the regular Warped Wall on his only attempt. He finished the course and landed in the top 12 that night. In the semi-finals, his run was again digested, but it was revealed that he fell at the eighth obstacle, Corkscrew. He did not finish within the top 12 and failed to move on to the finals for the first time in his career.

Trivia

 * Kevin suffers from alopecia, a condition that prevents any type of hair growth on your body.
 * Kevin founded Pitfall Obstacle League, bringing his own take on competition and training to the growing sport of Obstacle Athletics.
 * For American Ninja Warrior Junior, he appeared as a mentor for the 13-14 division