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Paul Anthony Terek (ポール・アンソニー・テレック) is an American Olympic Decathlete. He advanced to the Third Stage in his first SASUKE tournament, but hasn't cleared the First Stage in his three subsequent attempts and never competed in consecutive tournaments.

Performance History[]

Due to his large size, Terek is able to overpower obstacles and use his height to his advantage. This was particularly evident in his first attempt in SASUKE 17. In the First Stage, he was able to grab one hand to the top of the netting on the Jump Hang and finished the stage with 4.4 seconds left. In the Second Stage, he made up for time lost on the Spider Walk and finished the last three obstacles in under 20 seconds to clear the stage with 2.7 seconds left. However, in the Third Stage, his weight and size worked against him. He struggled through most of the obstacles and couldn't hold himself up on the Cliffhanger and ultimately failed there.

In SASUKE 19, he again showed great speed and he used his size to his advantage. Most notably, he was able to pole vault all the way to the other side on the Pole Maze. Because of this, the announcer gave him the nickname, "American Monster". However, his run ended when he couldn't get high enough onto the walls of the Jumping Spider.

Terek returned for SASUKE 22. Again, he showed great speed and beat the obstacle that defeated him in SASUKE 19, the Jumping Spider. He was able to advance all the way to a new First Stage obstacle, the Slider Jump. However, he couldn't hang on to the net and fell into the water. In his post-run interview he said, "It was good to get through the Spider Wall [Jumping Spider], but disappointed still, just disappointed".

Terek was invited back nine months later for SASUKE 24. Although he was completely new to the first two obstacles, the Jyunidantobi and X-Bridge, he blazed through them like many other competitors. He went on to clear the Jumping Spider for the second time, though he was slow on the Spider Walk portion of the obstacle. After clearing the Soritatsu Kabe in one shot, he faced the Slider Jump for a second time but hesitated and did not dismount the obstacle once the stick reached the end of the track. After hanging on this obstacle for some amount of time, he tried to reach for the netting but lost his grip once he did. This seemed to end popular belief that a tall competitor like Terek could reach the netting on the Slider Jump without dismounting the obstacle. A feat that Takeda Toshihiro would ironically achieve later in the same tournament, despite being shorter.

Sportsman[]

Terek is one of several SASUKE competitors to invited Pro Sportsman No. 1 tournaments, debuted in 2007 Pro Tournament along with reigning champion Miyazaki Daisuke from the last Pro Sportsman competition, since he was able to ascend as top competitor after departures of Iida Tetsuya and Kane Kosugi.

From there, he managed to beat the entire tournament, which stand for 470 Points (1st Place Finisher). Miyazaki was unable to winning his top spot, as he misses the button during Shot-Gun Touch event with Akada Shogo and Kinoshita Noriaki going furthest, eventually failed to have New World Record by 13m70cm attempt, thus Ogasawara Wataru announced that Terek is the winner to this tournament.

He along with Kinoshita, Miyazaki, Akada and Iketani Naoki reunited again in Pro Sportsman No. 1 2008 as one of top competitors. Terek managed to beat Ultimate Guys event, but by this time Miyazaki made stronger than his previous appearance, eventually won for the second time by finishing 480 Points (1st Place Finisher). Terek was in 3rd Place by finishing 360 Points, Akada and Kinoshita fell to the 8th Place respectively by finishing 280 Points, mainly because presences of Wakky and Iihara Yasushi who came to dominance during Tail Impossible and The Cell events, he was not invited in the next competition.

Trivia[]

  • Coincidentally, Terek's first name uses the same Katakana (ポール) as the word "pole", which is a loan word frequently used in SASUKE obstacles.
  • The announcer in SASUKE 17 was so surprised of his weight, during his run he kept saying "Kyujuichikiro!" which translates to "Ninety-One Kilo!".
  • Terek is only one of four people who could reach the top support of the Jump Hang, as he achieved that feat in SASUKE 17.
  • In American Ninja Challenge, Terek was one of two coaches to announce the third event of the tournament (the other was Henry Cejudo).

Results[]

SASUKE # Result Notes
17 86 Failed Cliffhanger Kai (Third Stage)
19 98 Failed Jumping Spider (First Stage)
22 98 Failed Slider Jump (First Stage)
24 82 Failed Slider Jump (First Stage) Couldn't reach the netting after failing to dismount the obstacle immediately.

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