Leon Feingold
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Leon Feingold is a baseball player from Oceanside, New York
Oceanside, New York
Oceanside is a hamlet located in the south part of the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. The population was 32,109 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. He was the first pitcher drafted by the Netanya Tigers
Netanya Tigers
The Netanya Tigers is an Israeli baseball team from Netanya in the Israel Baseball League.The Tigers finished the inaugrual 2007 season in fourth place, 19-21 , and were defeated by the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the semifinals of the 2007 championship, 6-3.-History:The team's Manager is Israeli Ami...

 in the Israel Baseball League
Israel baseball league
The Israel Baseball League was a six-team professional baseball league in Israel. The first game was played on June 24, 2007...

. The former Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

 minor leaguer was named to the IBL All-Star team.

He has also gained international repute as a competitive eater. Known as "Justice", Feingold was ranked as high as #12 in the world by the International Federation of Competitive Eating
International Federation of Competitive Eating
The International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. is an organization that supervises and regulates eating contests across the globe, acting as a central resource for the sport. Top events include the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, La Costena "Feel the Heat" Jalapeno Eating Challenge, and...

. He won the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is an annual American competitive-eating competition, which is run as a publicity gathering event by Shea Communications. It is held each July 4 at Nathan's Famous Corporation's original, and best-known restaurant at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in...

 Regionals three times, and competed in the July 4th World Championships at Coney Island
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an outer barrier island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill....

 three times. He was the second person in history to successfully complete the Carnegie Deli Challenge (two 3½ pound sandwiches of turkey, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and toppings in one sitting), doing it in just under two hours (Ed "Cookie" Jarvis completed the challenge the same day an hour later after three hours of eating). He has appeared on several televised eating contests, including the US Open of Competitive Eating and the Glutton Bowl
Glutton Bowl
The Glutton Bowl was a two-hour Fox Network eating special in 2002 sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. The special, which was co-executive produced by Nash Entertainment and IFOCE co-founder Richard Shea, featured Mark Thompson and IFOCE co-founder George Shea as...

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Feingold is currently Vice President of the Greater New York chapter of Mensa
Mensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...

, the largest chapter of the high IQ society in the world. He is also Master of his Masonic Lodge, Perfect Square #204.

He currently lives in Manhattan and runs the real estate brokerage Masonic Realty and co-manages a sports and entertainment law firm (Bring Heat Industries).
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