Crazy Legs Conti

Crazy Legs Conti

Crazy Legs Conti at a 2007 french fry eating competition
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Crazy Legs
Nationality	American
Born	Belmont, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Sport
Sport	Competitive eating

Crazy Legs Conti (formerly known as John Conti or Jason Conti, prior to a legal name change) is an American competitive eater. In 2011, he was ranked 21st in the world by the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

Conti was raised in Belmont, Massachusetts. He attended Johns Hopkins University. 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").

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. 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.

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. He has held several world records, including the green bean and buffet food categories.