Andrew East is a former football long snapper who has played for various NFL teams. He's also married to Olympic medalist, Shawn Johnson.
American Ninja Warrior 13[]
Andrew competed in the fourth qualifying episode, while his wife Shawn joined the announcers booth. He cleared the first three obstacles with relative ease. He failed on the fourth obstacle, Air Surfer, ending his season and didn’t move onto the semifinals.
American Ninja Warrior 14[]
He returned for his second season in the third qualifying episode and his wife once again joined Matt and Akbar in the announcers booth. He once again failed on the fourth obstacle, going out on theKickboards.
American Ninja Warrior 16[]
Andrew competed for his third season on ANW 16, competing in the eighth qualifier round. This time however, he failed the second obstacle, Double Twister, after struggling to generate momentum. This marked the first season he did not at least reach the fourth obstacle.
Trivia[]
- It was erroneously mentioned during ANW 16's broadcast that East has only made it to the third obstacle the previous two seasons he competed. He made to the fourth obstacle in both ANW 13 and 14.