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American competitive eater
Crazy Legs Conti (formerly known as John Conti or Jason Conti, prior to a legal name change[1] ) is an American competitive eater . In 2011, he was ranked 21st in the world by the International Federation of Competitive Eating .[2]
Early life and education
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Conti was raised in Belmont , Massachusetts.[3] He attended Johns Hopkins University .[4] He was a three-sport athlete for the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays , playing basketball, football ("third string punter"), and on the track team he competed in high jump ("but I never quite got high enough to qualify").[5]
Other careers
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In addition to competitive eating, he has had a variety of jobs including purchasing agent for a steakhouse restaurant, screenwriter , bouncer , nude model , and window washer .[4] Conti has appeared as a commentator for MLE Chowdown on Spike TV . He appeared once on the Discovery Channel 's Cash Cab program with Tim Janus who won $1600 total by answering the bonus question.
Competitive eating
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Conti counts Eric Booker as an early inspiration to begin competitive eating. He won his first competition in New Orleans during Super Bowl weekend 2002 by eating over 400 oysters .[6] He has held several world records, including the green bean and buffet food categories.[7]
Conti trains by eating six hot dogs at a time as fast as possible and has studied video of Takeru Kobayashi in order to improve his technique. He also runs and goes to the gym three times a week to avoid gaining excess weight. This led him to compete in several marathons .[4]
He claims that his motivation in competing is the joy of winning, rather than prize money.[8] In addition to his successes, he is known to be magnanimous in defeat.[9]
He is the subject of the 2004 competitive eating documentary film Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating .
Other endeavors
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Conti and his fellow Johns Hopkins alumnus Chris Russell produced a short film , "Dearly Beloved", which won the Gold Award for Best Short Film Comedy-Adaptation at the Houston International Film Festival in 1997.[10] [11]
Conti has been involved in several other productions as assorted crew members; films include Mambo Café (2000) and The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999).[citation needed ]
Conti appeared as an uncredited cameo in The Sopranos , in the episode "The Ride ".
Conti's short film 'SOULFINGER vs GOLDFINGER screened at The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival in 2017.[12]
See also
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References
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^ "Eater Profiles" . ifoce.com . International Federation of Competitive Eating. Retrieved 27 January 2011 .
^ Shanahan, Mark; Beggy, Carol (22 February 2005). "Eat Up" . Boston Globe . Retrieved 23 February 2010 .
^ a b c MB (September 2005). "An Elite Eater" . Johns Hopkins Magazine . Retrieved 23 February 2010 .
^ Conti, John "Crazy Legs" (2004). "Crazy Legs Conti". NewYorkCool.com (Interview). Interviewed by Jessica Coogan.
^ Laura Raposa; Gayle Fee (9 December 2002). "Crazy Legs ready to put the bite on chowing record" . The Boston Herald . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010 .
^ "Records" . ifoce.com . International Federation of Competitive Eating. Retrieved 23 February 2010 .
^ Wolf, Buck (10 September 2009). "Crazy Legs' Crowned Cannoli King" . AOL News . Retrieved 23 February 2010 . [permanent dead link ]
^ Groves, Steve (2 October 2006). "Crazy Legs has no need to eat his words when it comes to losing" . Western Mail . Cardiff, Wales. Retrieved 23 February 2010 .
^ Snyder, Julia, ed. (September 1997). "Alumni Notes" . Johns Hopkins Magazine . Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 30 July 2015 .
^ "REMI Winners: 1997" . worldfest.org . Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015 .
^ Brooklyn, The Art of (2017-05-04). "Announcing the Official Selections of the 2017 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival" . Medium . Retrieved 2017-06-26 .
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