Steve Keiner

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Steven (Steve) Keiner of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey was the 1999 winner of the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, downing 20ΒΌ hot dogs in 12 minutes.[1]

Keiner's victory was somewhat of an upset, as he had never participated in competitive eating before the qualifiers. Steve is one of only two non-Japanese victors of the contest since 1997.

Keiner was unable to defend his title the following year, and lost to the Japanese competitive eater Kazutoyo Arai.

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  1. ^ Mcfadden, Robert D. "Holiday Parades March By, But the Heat Is Just Settling In", The New York Times, July 5, 1999. Accessed December 20, 2007. "As a crowd wavering between nausea and fascination watched for 12 minutes, Steve Keiner, 50, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., downed 20 and one-quarter hot dogs to defeat the reigning Hirofumi Nakajima, a 134-pound former noodle-eating champ from Japan, who managed only 19 franks."

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