Furious Pete

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Furious Pete
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Czerwinski in 2015
Born
Piotr Czerwinski

(1985-11-30) November 30, 1985 (age 38) [1]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]
Nationality Polish Canadian
Other namesFurious Pete
Alma mater McMaster University
Occupation(s)Competitive eater
Bodybuilder
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
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Years active2006–present
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Subscribers5.08 million [2]
Total views1.05 billion [2]
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Last updated: November 25, 2022

Peter Czerwinski (born Piotr Czerwinski; [3] November 30, 1985), better known by his stage name Furious Pete, [4] is a Canadian competitive eater and YouTuber. Czerwinski currently holds fourteen Guinness World Records in eating.

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Early life and career

Peter Czerwinski was born November 30, 1985, in Toronto. [4] Both his parents had health issues. [5] As a teenager, he battled against anorexia nervosa, [4] and was hospitalized because of it at Toronto's The Hospital for Sick Children. Bodybuilding was a major factor in his recovery. [4]

Czerwinski has a slower digestion rate than the average person's. [4] His daily diet comprises nine balanced meals and he exercises daily. [4] Czerwinski became aware of his talent in eating after managing to beat an eating record. Thereafter, he decided to take on more eating-related challenges and post them on YouTube. [5] Having participated in more than 90 eating competitions, [4] Czerwinski holds fourteen Guinness World Records in competitive eating, including that for eating a whole raw onion in 43.53 seconds, [6] seventeen bananas in 2 minutes, fifteen hamburgers in 10 minutes, [4] 750 millilitres of olive oil in 60 seconds, [4] and 17 Jaffa Cakes in sixty seconds. [7] He also participated in season one of Canada's Got Talent . For his performance, he ate 5 hard boiled eggs, 3 pieces of Canadian bacon, 2 bananas, and a bag of milk in 51 seconds. [8] However, he did not make it past the Toronto Auditions.

A direct-to-DVD documentary film, The Story of Furious Pete, chronicling Czerwinski's life, screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [9]

The Furious "Pete" [10] – which consists of 20 pieces of bacon and 20 pieces of cheese, alongside a five-pound platter of fries – is named after him, after Czerwinski became the first person in 1,500 attempts to finish it. [5]

Health

Czerwinski has successfully battled testicular cancer twice in the past, both times going into remission. On February 16, 2017 he uploaded a video onto YouTube where he stated he was yet again battling cancer and it was testicular cancer, making this his third time fighting. [11] In January 2019, Czerwinski stated that the testicular cancer returned and had his second testicle surgically removed, requiring him to undergo testosterone replacement therapy for the rest of his life. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Czerwinski, Pete. "Draw My Life | Furious Pete". YouTube .
  2. 1 2 "About Furious Pete". YouTube.
  3. ↑ Birth name appears in video at approximately 4min 45sec "MY FIRST DAY OF CHEMOTHERAPY". YouTube .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kane, Laura (July 9, 2012). "Furious Pete: From anorexic to world-class competitive eater". The Star. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Tim, Jordan (September 8, 2011). "The Performer: Furious Pete Czerwinski, competitive eater". Canadian Business.
  6. ↑ "PETERCZERWINSKI: World Record Certificates". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Guinness World Records. "Furious Pete Sets New Jaffa Cake Eating Record -- Guinness World Records". YouTube. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ Yeo, Debra (March 19, 2012). "Canada's Got Talent recap: Toronto, Halifax and Vancouver auditions". The Star. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ Ahearn, Victoria (May 3, 2010). "'Furious Pete' profiles Canadian anorexic-turned-competitive eater". CTV News.
  10. ↑ "Menu (Burgers and Hot Dogs)". eaglesdeli.com. Eagles Deli and Restaurant. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ Czerwinski, Peter (February 16, 2017). "My Final Battle". via YouTube . Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  12. ↑ Czerwinski, Peter (January 25, 2019). "I have no more balls...what's next?". via YouTube . Retrieved June 16, 2019.
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