Local mom to compete on American Ninja Warrior

Overcomes obstacles to succeed

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Once a competitive gymnast and cheerleader, Angela Fuller thought her active life was over after su ering a debilitating back injury.

Now, the Highlands Ranch mom was selected out of thousands to compete on the upcoming season of American Ninja Warrior.

In the early morning of St. Patrick’s Day, Fuller, a 42-year-old married mom of two children, stood on the stage at Universal Studios Hollywood, preparing to run the course, when memories ooded back to how she got to this point.

Fuller grew up in Littleton and was a competitive gymnast and cheerleader. She cheered at Colorado State University.

Not long after graduating from college, Fuller broke her back in a car accident.

inking her active life was over, Fuller gained 50 pounds and in her words, “lost myself.”

During her second pregnancy, two disks in her back herniated and she was put on disability.

“At one point I was crawling, it was pretty awful,” said Fuller. “I hit rock bottom and su ered from postpartum depression.”

Soon, Fuller started to move again after a friend recommended a Zumba class.

But the moment that changed everything for Fuller was when her best friend of 26 years was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.