Anabella Heinrichs is an American Ninja Warrior competitor from Longmont, Colorado and training partner of Austin Gray and Nate Hansen, who competed in the American Ninja Warrior: Family Championship before competing in the regular season of American Ninja Warrior. She's also the sister of fellow anw competitor Secorra Heinrichs.
American Ninja Warrior Junior 2[]
Before she competed on American Ninja Warrior, Anabella competed on American Ninja Warrior Junior 2 in the 13-14 age division. Her runs were shown in QR EP 4. In the seeding round, she lost to Emma Liskey. Then, in the knockout round, she failed the Sky Hooks and lost to Isaiah Thomas, eliminating her.
American Ninja Warrior: Family Championship[]
Though the competition aired after her first regular season aired, her first Ninja appearance was on the first Family Championship, alongside her sister Secorra and dad Shawn. The first round ended with a perfect score of 6 points, as each competitor cleared their respective obstacles. And though in the second round, Anabella was the only one to clear both of her respective obstacles, while Shawn & Secorra only cleared 1 of their two obstacles. With 9 points in total, they moved onto the Power Tower playoffs, where the Beckstrand family bested them, eliminating them from the competition.
American Ninja Warrior 14[]
She first competed as a rookie in the fourth episode of qualifying. She had a strong run there, clearing the first four obstacles with ease. She ended up being one of the many to fail on the fifth obstacle, Final Frontier, after she overshot the first jump. She placed 26th place overall and also 3rd among the women. In fact, she was one of seven women competitors who placed within the top 30 that round. She later competed in the fourth and last semifinals episode. Her run there was digested, but she went out on the Air Surfer and didn't advance to Vegas.
American Ninja Warrior 16[]
She returned for her second season in the third qualifier. Her run was digested, but she failed the fourth obstacle, Heavy Metal, after she hit her head on the blind transfer. However, she placed 3rd among the women and advanced to the semifinals. She later competed in the first semifinals episode, where she raced against Riley Porter. Anabella won the race after Riley failed on Sideways, Anabella continued on and failed on Spin Hopper. Nevertheless, Anabella advanced to her first national finals.
Anabella competed in the first half of the National Finals during Stage One, where she made it all the way to the Jumping Spider and fell, ending her best season to date.
American Ninja Warrior 17[]
Anabella returned for her third season in the second qualifying episode. She had another strong run as she got past the fifth obstacle, this time being Ferris Wheel for the first time and she ended up hitting her first buzzer in 9th place as the top women competitor that episode.
Anabella later competed in the second semifinals episode. Her run there was digested, but she made it to the back half of a semifinals course for the first time, before she failed on the eighth obstacle Corkscrew, falling on the second spin. She ended up placing 19th overall, thus advancing her to the national finals for the second straight season.
In the national finals, all three of Anabella's races were digested. She lost her first race to Isaiah Thomas after falling on the Floating Monkey Bars, then lost her second race to Sean Bryan after falling on Piston Plunge, and finally lost her third race to Enzo DeFerrari Wilson after once again falling on the Floating Monkey Bars, thus ending her season.
American Ninja Warrior: Women’s Championship 5[]
Anabella then competed in the fifth Women's Championship, which was taped during season 17. Her run in the first round was digested, but she cleared the course with the 2nd fastest time, advancing to the second round and she also got a bye which allowed her to skip the first round of racing.
In the second round, she raced against Caitlyn Bergstrom-Wright in the semifinals. That race was digested, but it was pretty back-and-forth until Anabella cleared the course while Caitlyn failed on The Clacker, advancing her to the final four.
She raced against the previous Women's champion Addy Herman at the final four. Addy was ahead of her for most of the race, but then she ended up falling on The Clacker, which gave Anabella a chance to pull off an upset, but she also ended up gassing out on The Clacker, eliminating her from the competition.
American Ninja Warrior Results[]
| ANW | # | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Failed Jumping Spider (Stage One) | Digest. |