Sara Heesen is a bartender from Plymouth, Minnesota.
American Ninja Warrior 9[]
Sara first competed in Kansas City in American Ninja Warrior 9. Her run was digested in qualifying, but it was shown that she failed the fourth obstacle, Crank It Up. She did get into the women’s top 5 by placing 4th.
In the city finals, she had an opportunity to knock her friend and training partner Sarah Schoback out of the womens' top 2. She made it past the first three obstacles, but she once again failed Crank It Up. However, her time there was just enough to knock Schoback out of the leaderboard, beating her time to the obstacle by less than a second. As such, Sara moved on to the national finals by placing 2nd in the womens' top 2.
Her run on Stage 1 was digested but it was shown that she failed the Propeller Bar. She was one of just two females to fail the Propeller Bar during this season's Vegas finals.
American Ninja Warrior 10[]
Sara returned in American Ninja Warrior 10 in Minneapolis. Her qualifying run was once again digested, but it showed that although she was one of many athletes to fail the Ring Jump. Her time the obstacle was enough to make the women's top 5 and advance to the city finals again, as she placed 5th on the leaderboard.
In the finals, although the Ring Jump was not in play in that round, she managed to finish the third obstacle, the Sky Hooks. However, she gassed out two obstacles later on the second cylinder of the Battering Ram, and failed to move on as she placed 3rd out of the women.