Changes: David Campbell

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David Campbell (デイヴィッド・キャンベル) is a musician who won the fourth American preliminary competition, the American Ninja Challenge, and earned a place in SASUKE 22. During his run, he showed good speed. However, he lost time on the Jumping Spider mentally preparing for and testing the trampoline. He was able to battle through most of the First Stage. When he got to the new Slider Jump, he initially missed the net but was able to hold on by only a foot and two fingers after he fell. While he did not touch water, his foot got caught in the net and he lost valuable time. Ultimately, he made it to the Rope Ladder before timing out. In the tournament, he went farther than all other Americans and all of the All-Stars that competed.

Campbell tried out in the first American Ninja Warrior, clearing the first two stages with one of the top times. However, he committed a rules infraction on one of the beach obstacles, and while he later noted several other competitors got away with the same rule, he nevertheless had to redo the obstacle and lost a qualifying spot as a result. His nephew, Travis Furlanic, did qualify and failed the Jumping Spider.

Fueled by his failures both in Japan and America, Campbell built a replica of the entire First Stage as well as several Second and Third Stage obstacles such as the Salmon Ladder, Shin-Cliffhanger, and Ultimate Cliffhanger. Campbell's course was featured on G4's Attack of the Show and on TruTV's World's Dumbest Thrillseekers (despite being vague about the course due to copyright purposes).

Campbell's practice paid off, and in American Ninja Warrior 2, Campbell once again blazed through the first two stages and made it out of Boot Camp with a qualifying spot. In SASUKE 26, he slipped on the Giant Swing but cleared the First Stage with the fastest time of 21.51 seconds. He then he went on to clear Stage 2 with 23.4 seconds. In Stage 3 he made an impressive attempt, and though he managed to clear the first three obstacles, he slipped while transferring to the fourth ledge of the Ultimate Cliffhanger and failed. Once again of the Americans in that tournament, he performed the best.

Campbell then competed in American Ninja Warrior 3 and he made into SASUKE 27. He performed strong yet again. In the First Stage, he had the fastest time of all the Americans, finishing with 44.32 seconds left on the clock, a new SASUKE speed record. In the Second Stage, he was a little more hesitant than in SASUKE 26 but still cleared the stage. In the Third Stage, he fought to the Ultimate Cliffhanger again and made it to the sixth ledge, being the first American man to do so. However, his strength gave way as he was inches from clearing the obstacle and he fell there. Of the Americans in that tournament, he again performed the best.

In American Ninja Warrior 4, David blazed through the Northwest Qualifying round with the fastest time under a minute long. His run was a little more sloppy in the Regional Finals, but he still managed to grab the 3rd place spot, and eventually the 2nd when Travis Furlanic, (who originally held the 2nd place spot) withdrew from the competition. After the finals, David mentioned that he was fed up with the number of problems with the Las Vegas course. This mixed with his fierce determination to dominate, is what led to his early downall at Mt. Modoriyama. Forgetting about the true reason he started competing in this sport, and without the right mindset, he made a mental error and failed on the Spinning Bridge in Stage 1. He says that in the next competition, he will remember the true reason he competes on Ninja Warrior, and will finally conquer the course.

Campbell, his nephew Travis Furlanic, and Brian Orosco are the only competitors to make it to the finals of all three American Ninja Warriors.

Obstacles He Built

Results

SASUKE	#	Result	Notes
22	50	Failed Rope Ladder (First Stage)	Time Out
26	84	Failed Ultimate Cliffhanger (Third Stage)	Failed transition from 3rd to 4th ledge
27	98	Failed Ultimate Cliffhanger (Third Stage)	Made it to the final ledge, but failed to reach the end
ANW 4	88	align="center" style="background-color: #721410;" Failed Spin Bridge (First Stage)

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