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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski

Peter Czerwinski (born November 30, 1985) is a Canadian competitive eater, a YouTube celebrity, has a masters in manufacturing engineering, and is a spokesmodel for BodyBuilding.com. Peter is a Toronto native raised in (High Park Region), but moved at the age of 10 to where he now resides, in the suburb of Mississauga, Ontario.

Education

Peter Czerwinski grew up as an only child, and attended Keele Street Elementary School in Toronto, but later transferred to Oakmount Elementary during the fifth grade in Mississauga. He attended Lorne Park Secondary School until 2003 and completed his post-secondary education at MacMaster University, graduating with a Masters degree in manufacturing engineering in November 2010.

Earlier years

In 2002 during Peter's final years in high school, there was immense pressure to achieve his goals of attending University, and family stresses that eventually caught up to him in the form of a body image disorder. Both of his parents were hospitalized for varying reasons leading up to the disorder and at the same time, Peter was told he may have cancer. These events were eventually what caused him to catapult into a downward spiral of health debilitating habits.

After many months had passed, doctors were able to diagnose him with Anorexia Nervosa, a common body image disorder diagnosed to females, and what is now becoming more frequently diagnosed in males. He was admitted to (Sick Kids Hospital) in Toronto with a heart rate of 10, weighing 120lbs.

After spending six weeks in the hospital rehabilitating, Peter decided on his own that he was ready to check out and complete the rest of his rehabilitation on his own. Four years later (2006) Peter was fully recovered and ready to gain full control of his life again.

Career

In February 2007 after a night of fun, Peter and his friends went out for breakfast to a place in London, Ontario called (Christina's Pub) for some food to help cure their hangovers. It was a good friend of his who noticed what appeared to be an eating challenge on the menu board known as the Linebacker, containing many items off of their breakfast menu. Peter was challenged by his friends with a monetary bribe and completed 4 Linebackers, doubling the previous record. it was this accidental discovery that propelled him into a world he never knew existed: professional competitive eating.

YouTube

Upon making the discovery of his natural talent, Peter searched online for more information, and after posting many videos of himself on YouTube doing challenges, he was eventually discovered by The Association of Independent Competitive Eaters (AICE). He was invited to San Diego, California to participate in the Collegiate Nationals eating championship. By a landslide, Peter took home first prize, winning $1,000 in cash prizes, as well as notoriety and respect in the sport of competitive eating.

After making his mark on the map with an astonishing winning streak, Peter was then discovered by producers and directors from a variety of Television companies including, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, FSN Sports Science, and TV Tropolis. A producer named Igor Rosenfeld of Janus TV in Germany contacted Peter in 2009 to discuss becoming a host for a world tour show about food and travel called Abenteuer Leben (Adventure Life). To date, Peter is currently under contract with Janus TV and continues to film new episodes.

George Tsioutsioulas partnered up shortly after in 2009 with Peter to document his life of competitive eating and contrasted it with his struggles with Anorexia. It garnered a lot of attention at the 2010 Toronto Hot Docs Festival and was listed as one of the top documentaries submitted in the festival that year.

Peter is currently still competing in independent eating contests throughout North America.

TV Appearances

Controversy

During Peter's earlier years of competitive eating, he attempted to join the competitive eating circuit known as the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) with the likes of Takeru Kobiyashi and Joey Chestnutt to see if he could hold his own against other top competitors. But that request was quickly turned down by the owners of the organization, George and Richard Shea. When asked why Peter could not be a part of the organization, the Shea brothers responded saying they could not allow other eaters in the organization who had previously been a part ofanotherorganization.