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Jessie Graff

Jessica Lauren Graff (born January 12, 1984) is an American professional stunt woman, martial artist and athletics-based television personality. She holds a black belt in Taekwondo, a black sash in Kung Fu, and has training in five additional styles of martial arts. She is also a championship pole vaulter and a competitive gymnast.

Graff has become well known for her athletic achievements on the obstacle course show American Ninja Warrior. In 2016, she became the first woman ever to complete Stage 1 of the Las Vegas Finals course. In 2017, Graff became the first woman to compete in, and to successfully finish, Stage 2 in Las Vegas, although this was part of the USA vs. The World competition instead of a regular season, and that had no time requirement. She was the first woman representing the United States in that competition. Later on in Sasuke 34, she became the first woman worldwide to finish Stage 2 in the Sasuke/Ninja Warrior franchise, only defeated by the Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger in the third stage. She was the second woman ever to conquer the Stage 1 of the Sasuke course (excluding Kunoichi), after Chie Tanabe in Sasuke 2.

Graff was born to Ginny MacColl on January 12, 1984.

At age 6, Graff started taking circus classes. By age nine, she started competitive gymnastics, training for six years as a member of the Frederick Gymnastic Club. By age 12 she was catching other performers on the trapeze. She has stated about her time as a 12-year-old trapeze artist, "The rule was I wasn’t allowed to catch anyone who outweighed me by more than 20 pounds."

Graff was a pole vaulter in high school, and graduated in 2002 from Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Maryland, as a Track Team Leader, honor roll student, and member of the National Honor Society.

She majored in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, and theatre at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). She graduated from UNL in 2007.

She has earned black belts in Taekwondo and Kung Fu.

Graff is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall. In 2004, she set her personal best (PB) in the 5000m run at 15:56.30; she set her outdoor pole vault PB at 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in); and indoor pole vault PB at 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in). Graff held the pole vault record at Georgia Tech and University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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