Jonathan Sharp Brown is a PE Teacher who competed in six seasons of American Ninja Warrior.
American Ninja Warrior 5[]
Jonathan Brown competed in his first season in Miami. In qualifying he ended up in 20th place as he was able to get through the first five obstacles quickly, but couldn't get up the Warped Wall. He was able to get up the Warped Wall in the finals, but wasn't able to get up the Salmon Ladder. However, he ended up placing 12th and was able to move on to the Vegas finals. In Vegas, he ended up falling on the Jumping Spider.
American Ninja Warrior 6[]
Brown competed again in ANW 6, once again in Miami. He was able to finish the qualifying round this time, placing the 2nd fastest time at 51.11 seconds right behind Drew Drechsel. He ended up falling on the Minefield in the finals, but that was enough to get him to Vegas once again. His run was cut in Vegas, but he ended up falling on the Jumping Spider again.
American Ninja Warrior 7[]
Jonathan Brown competed in ANW 7 in Orlando. Brown ended up taking an unbelievable approach on the Rolling Log, leaping the entire log entirely. However, he tried to rush through the Paddle Boards and ended up falling there in qualifying, failing to make it to Vegas this time.
American Ninja Warrior 8[]
He competed in Atlanta in ANW 8. It was revealed Brown was one of the many veterans that were not invited back, and instead waited in the walk-on line for 23 days and he tried to go through the Floating Steps by using only one side and failed on the 5th and final step, once again failing to make it to Vegas.
American Ninja Warrior 9[]
In American Ninja Warrior 9 he competed in Daytona qualifiers. His run was cut, but it was revealed that he was ordered to drop on the Rolling Thunder because his hand touched a piece of the Broken Bridge. As such, he was technically disqualified from the competition on the Broken Bridge rather than the Rolling Thunder and didn’t make the Top 30 once again.
American Ninja Warrior 10[]
Brown competed in American Ninja Warrior 10 where he had high confidence in running the course. As such, he attempted to run the course with his cell phone in his left shoe. Unfortunately, this proved to be an unwise move, as while he managed to sail past it, his cell phone fell into the water after Razor's Edge, short-circuiting it. Brown later fell two obstacles later on the Slippery Summit. Despite having a time fast enough to qualify for the top 30, Jonathan was later disqualified from the competition and banned from all future seasons. This gave his spot in the City Finals to 31st, Michael Johnson.
Banning from future competitions.[]
Prior to the Miami taping during the season of American Ninja Warrior 10, Jonathan Sharp Brown had begun building and training on obstacles planned to be built on the course before they were officially created. Someone had leaked the planned obstacles for the course ahead of time, which led to videos of him practicing the Spin Hopper with other ninjas before it had been built on Miami soil. The producers caught wind of this leak and moved the Spin Hopper to Indianapolis rather than Miami. Confusingly, they had allowed Jonathan run the course and televised it only to ban him the same night.