Frank "Franky" Schmidpeter, a.k.a Frank The Tank, is a German streetworker, a bouldering gym worker, and also a competitive Ninja athlete/host/commentator, who participated in the regular Ninja Warrior Germany Seasons 4, 5, 7 & 8 and in Ninja Warrior Germany All-Stars 1 & 2. In Ninja Warrior Germany, Schmidpeter is known as one of the more skillful and passionate athletes and is to be considered as an extremely skillful & relevant part of the show's community, due to him always being one of the main supportitive & and more entertaining figures across all the different seasons in which he appears. And while he has demonstrated his major potential since his debut season, he unfortunately was not that successful in most Ninja Warrior Germany competitions in which he competed, and, albeit making it to the Finals in both of his first two regular seasons, never hit a buzzer. However, since his first buzzer in the fifth Preliminary Round of Ninja Warrior Germany 7, he started to find his true form and got more consistent while still making it to the First Stage in the aforementioned and in the next season. And in addition, he has also been constantly improving in the more recent regular seasons of Ninja Warrior Germany, as he perfromed better and better and reached the second to last obstacle in the First Stage of both 7 & 8 (the Cliffhanger 2.0, and the Pole Grasper respectively).
And apart from his entire Ninja Warrior Germany show career, Schmidpeter is well-known one of the most important and iconic figures for the Ninja Sport in Germany, since he actively promotes the sport by supporting, organising, presenting and commentating several different competitions throughout the country along with his good friend Christian Balkheimer. He is one of the founders and currently the third board member of the largest Ninja Sports club in Germany, the IG Ninja-Sport n.e.V. Apart from his promotional role in the sport, Frank Schmidpeter is one of the best Ninja athelets in Germany.
The following list includes Schmidpeter's most notable successes and statistics in the German NinjaSport:
- Inofficial German Male Ninja Sport Champion of 2022 / 1st place in the Men Division Ranking of the 2022 Let's Ninja German NinjaSport season with 4448 points (beating the 2nd and the 3rd places Max Görner and Jonathan Jung), and 20 competitions/1 competition win (Win Percentage: 5%).
- Tied for 5th place (with Christian Balkheimer) in the Men Division Ranking of the 2023 Let's Ninja German NinjaSport season with 1549 points (behind Lukas Kilian, David Eilenstein, Julian Rieger & Max Görner), and 21 competitions/0 competition wins (Win Percentage: 0%).
- 3rd place in the Men Division Ranking of the 2024 Let's Ninja German NinjaSport season with 1293 points (behind Lukas Homann & Julian Rieger), and 16 competitions/2 competition wins (Win Percentage: 12.5%).
The following list includes Schmidpeter's current, not finalized/subject to change statistic/s in the German NinjaSport:
- 6th place in the Adults Tier 1 Male Division Ranking of the 2025 IG Ninja-Sport season with 3562 points, and 9 competitions/1 competition win (Win Percentage: 11.11%).
And outside of his home country, in the USA to be precise, Schmidpeter has also made a name for himself by competing in the WNL (World Ninja League) in both 2022 & 2024 and achieving the following successes:
- 2024 World Ninja League (WNL) Championships (also known as Worlds), Adult Male division, Stage 2.
- 2024 World Ninja League (WNL) Championships - discipline circuit (Skills), Adult Male division, 2nd overall.
History[]
Ninja Show Series[]
Ninja Warrior Germany 4[]
Ninja Warrior Germany 5[]
Ninja Warrior Germany All-Stars 1[]
*Ninja Warrior Germany 6*[]
Even though Frank Schmidpeter did not actually participate in sixth regular season of Ninja Warrior Germany in 2021, it is known that he at least appeared as a course tester during the season.
Ninja Warrior Germany All-Stars 2[]
Ninja Warrior Germany 7[]
Ninja Warrior Germany 8[]
*Ninja Warrior Germany 9*[]
On April 8th, 2024, Frank Schmidpeter announced and confirmed in this post of his Instagram account that he applied to participate in the ninth season of Ninja Warrior Germany, but did not get the call after receiving a rejection (the reasons for that have not been stated by RTL as of now) from the show's production.
Ninja Warrior Poland 11[]
On July 17th, 2025, Frank Schmidpeter officially stated in this story of his Instagram account that he got invited to participate in this season of Ninja Warrior Poland as one of the international representatives.
| Legend: |
| *Season* - Denotes Season in which the Ninja: •Not competed after not getting the call to compete, but still appeared (as a course tester or spectator), •Not competed due to personal reasons, but still appeared (as a course tester or spectator), •Neither competed nor appeared after not getting the call to compete, •Neither competed nor appeared due to personal reasons after getting the call to compete, •Neither competed nor appeared due to personal reasons |
Results:[]
Ninja Show Series[]
Ninja Warrior Germany[]
Regular Competitions[]
| Season | Result | Notes | Placement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Season | |||
| 4 | Failed The Clacker (Preliminary Round 3) |
Digest. | 17th | - |
| 5 | Failed Lightning Bolts (First Stage) |
Digest. Failed the transition from the second bar at the end of the second cradle to the third bar. Barely caught the bar with his fingers and failed to properly hold onto it. |
43rd | |
| 7 | Failed Cliffhanger 2.0 (First Stage) |
Failed the transition from the third to the fourth ledge. Fell between the ledges. |
21st | |
| 8 | Failed Pole Grasper (First Stage) |
Failed the transition from the first (6th/7th pole) to the second (8th/9th pole) set of poles. Tried to lachè to the right one of the poles but came up short of the pole. |
15th | |
Spin-Offs[]
Ninja Warrior Germany All-Stars[]
| Season | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Round 2 - Semi-finals Qualification (Preliminary Round 2) |
Lost vs. Leon Wismann. |
| 2 | Round 1 - First Duel-Round (Preliminary Round 4) |
Lost vs. Jonas Marqua. |
Ninja Warrior Poland[]
Regular Competitions[]
| NWP | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | TBA | TBA |
Trivia[]
- Frank Schmidpeter is known to be a huge fan of many different Ninja Warrior shows and is often considered as a "walking encyclopedia" if it comes to knowledge about all the different shows and obstacles.
- He is also known for his infamous catchphrase "Lets Go, Full Send!" that Schmidpeter usually chants right before his Ninja runs.
- Apart from that, he has also popularized the phrase "Leisten sind Schmutz.", literally "(Cliff)-Ledges are trash.", in the German Ninja community. It is a phrase that Schmidpeter uses to express his general dislike towards all Cliffhanger-esque obstacles in the sport of Ninja.
- Schmidpeter is very good friends with Ninja Warrior Germany 7's Last Man Standing Max Görner, supporting him/with him & training with him very often.
- On the official Instagram account of Ninja Warrior Germany, Frank Schmidpeter served as the host of a few small "specials", such as "Ninja Reel Talk" & "Ninja Quiz".
- In 2024, Schmidpeter appeared in the Italian talent show Tú Sí Que Vales along with Simon Brunner & David Eilenstein as the Flying Ninjas. In the show, the trio had put up a 30-meter long Ninja course at an altitude of 20 meters above the ground and would look to see who of the three gets through the course the fastest (they attempted the course one after the other).
- At the end of the day, they got 5x yes from the jury and 97% of the public votes for this showact.
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