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Rene Casselly Wikipedia – What To Know About Ninja Warrior Winner

Rene Casselly has been crowned as the winner of Germany’s Ninja Warrior; learn more about the performer from Wikipedia. 

Rene Kaselowsky, who competes under the stage name “René Casselly,” is the first to win the title of Ninja Warrior Germany, and is going to take the prize money of €300,000 back home.

 

The only remaining woman in the show, Stefanie Noppinger, stood in 6th place. She regained the title of Last Woman Standing and is the first woman in Ninja Warrior Germany to complete the third final course.

Rene Casselly Wikipedia 

Rene Casselly has a Wikipedia page. Readers will have to translate the page into English because the page defaults to German. 

René Casselly Jr., or “Rene Kaselowsky,” was born in Germany. René’s father, René Casselly Sr., has been training animals since he was a toddler, as is his mother, Alexia. 

They grew up in the circus world in Belgium.

From October 5th to December 31st, 2013, Casselly appeared in the Metropolitan Circus’s “The Lights of the Universe.”

Rene has participated in the Budapest International Circus Festival. The jury awarded Casselly the Golden Pierrot Prize for his acrobatic elephant count with his sister. 

In 2017, Rene participated in the second season of Ninja Warrior Germany. He was one of the breakout stars, alongside freerunning and parkour athlete Benjamin Grams.

Rene Casselly Age: How Old Is He? 

Rene Casselly is 25 years old. He was born on September 6th, 1996. 

At age 6, Rene has performed at circus festivals in Romania.

 

In 2012, when he was 15 years old, Rene and his family won the Clown d’Or (Best Circus Act) at the Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo. It is the most famous circus festival globally and is held in Monaco every January. 

Rene Casselly And Elephants 

Since he was a child, René has grown up with elephants and developed a special and unique bond. Rene is a 7th generation animal trainer and lover. 

Rene has devoted his life to spreading awareness of these beautiful animals. He hopes to build his connection to open an animal sanctuary in the foreseeable future. 

Had the honor to participate on Ninja Warrior Japan , (SASUKE) . The original show where everything started 23 years ago .
I became the First German ever to compete on the show , and made it all the way to the final stage , Mount Midoriyama. @sasuke_tbs @ninjawarriorrtl

— Rene Casselly Jr (@renecasselly) December 31, 2019

Rene has worked with five African elephants: Tonga, Nanda, Kimba, Betty, and Mambo. 

He plays basketball with his female elephant, Kimba.

Rene Casselly Partner or Girlfriend 

Rene Casselly is not married, and additionally, he does not have a girlfriend.

@rene_casselly

Biggest @steveaoki fan ??. ##foryou ##elephant ##steveaoki

♬ Originalton – ElephantBoy

 As of now, he is single. 

Find Rene Casselly On Instagram

Rene finally posted on Instagram after being inactive for a few days. He posted a photo of himself wearing the medals he received after winning Ninja Warrior Germany. Casselly captioned, “Dreams come true.”

His IG name is @rene_casselly, and Rene’s account has 290,000 followers.

Rene is also on Twitter! His handle name is @renecasselly.