David Wright

David Wright, also known as "Da Cake Ninja," is a lifeguard and ninja coach who first competed on American Ninja Warrior 11 in Oklahoma City.

David revealed having a total of nine siblings. He implied his love for cake when he revealed that his household has a total of five birthdays in October, meaning that he would make a total of five cakes that month for them. Since then, it came down to him just loving all cake in general.

American Ninja Warrior 11
David first competed in American Ninja Warrior 11 in Oklahoma City. In qualifying, he blazed through the course and became the night's first finisher. He placed 7th at the end of the night.

During the city finals, he continued his exceptional rookie performance once again. He was one of five to complete the city finals course, placing 5th overall. He was the only rookie competitor to have completed both qualifying/city finals.

In Vegas, his stage 1, run was digested but it was shown that he failed the Tire Run, ending his rookie season.

American Ninja Warrior 12
David was invited to compete on the modified Season 12, bringing along Amir Malik and Alex Carson. In qualifying, his run was digested. It was shown that although he failed to scale the Mega Wall, he completed the course with the 6th fastest time and moved on. David's "ninja group" was the only team to have every member complete the qualifying course. His semifinals run was once again digested, but it was shown that he failed the final transition on The Dungeon, though he still placed 8th and moved on. In the finals, David was expected to go far, but he shockingly missed the blind catch on Falling Shelves, ending his season.

David's teammate, rookie Amir Malik, outperformed him in all three rounds, finishing faster in qualifying, then going farther in semifinals and finals. Amir was one of the final four ninjas in contention for the $100,000 grand prize and was the Rookie of The Year for Season 12.

David was originally invited to compete on American Ninja Warrior 13. Unfortunately, a few days before the qualifiers were taped, he and a few others were exposed to COVID-19, forcing him to withdraw.

American Ninja Warrior 14
After missing the season, David returned to compete in the first qualifying episode, being shown as the first runner. At Split Decision, he decided to go for the new Serpent, which he ended up falling at. This marked the first time that he failed on a qualifying course, and also the first time that he failed to qualify for the finals, let alone the semifinals.