World Juggling Federation

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The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is the world's only organization devoted to the promotion and advancement of juggling as a sport (competitive juggling).[1]

History[]

In 2003, the WJF was created by long-time International Jugglers' Association member, Jason Garfield. Garfield attracted interest and membership by framing the skills of juggling as a sport.[2] The federation became more widely known in 2005 when Jason bought airtime on ESPN, televising his WJF II juggling competition.

Competition[]

The WJF's most well-known event is the WJF convention, which has been broadcast on ESPN2. The organization encourages jugglers to compete against each other in order to get better. In WJF-sponsored events, the participants use juggling props, which include:

WJF competition events sometimes include (pending enough competitors attending):

  • Club passing
  • 360s (and similar)
  • Endurance
  • Isolated Endurance
  • Freestyle
  • Extreme Competitions

There are "junior"-, "beginner"-, "intermediate"- and "advanced"-level competitors in each of the three main WJF disciplines.

Conventions and championships[]

Annual WJF conventions are held; and juggling competitions produce annual winners who are named "overall champions". At WJF 5, the top competition event ran alongside the Battle for the WJF Presidency, with Thomas Dietz as the inaugural winner, beating Jason Garfield. However, Dietz resigned from presidency soon after, saying he didn't have time to fulfill his duties as president. At WJF 7 in 2011, Doug Sayers was initially named overall champion, but due to a miscount of the scores this was proved not to be the case, as Vova had scored more points overall.

WJF Competitions
Year Event Location Competition
2004 WJF Convention Las Vegas, Nevada
2005 WJF2 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas Dietz, Overall champion[3]
2006 WJF3 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas Dietz, Overall champion[4]
2007 WJF4 Hartford, Connecticut Thomas Dietz, Overall champion[5]
2008 WJF5 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas Dietz, Overall champion.[6]
2010 WJF6 Las Vegas, Nevada Doug Sayers, Overall champion.[7]
2011 WJF7 Springfield, Illinois Vova Galchenko, Overall champion[8]
2012 WJF8 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Doug Sayers, Overall champion
2013 WJF9 Las Vegas, Nevada Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse, Overall champion
2014 WJF10 Las Vegas, Nevada Doug Sayers, Overall champion
2015 WJF11 Las Vegas, Nevada Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse, Overall champion
2016 WJF12 Las Vegas, Nevada Delaney Bayles, Overall champion
2017 WJF13 Las Vegas, Nevada Spencer Androli, Overall champion
2018 WJF14 Las Vegas, Nevada Christian Hauschild, Overall champion
2019 WJF15 Las Vegas, Nevada Eivind Dragsjø, Overall champion

Notes[]

  1. ^ Christel, Matthias. (2009). Bewegungskünste: motorisches Lernen in der Zirkuspädagogik, p. 30., p. 30, at Google Books
  2. ^ Grossman, Lev. "Up In the Air," Time (US). July 16, 2006.
  3. ^ Thomas Dietz, Overall champion
  4. ^ WJF3, Dietz, Overall champion
  5. ^ WJF4, Dietz, Overall champion
  6. ^ WJF5, Dietz, Overall champion
  7. ^ WJF6, Sayers, Overall champion
  8. ^ WJF7, Galchenko, Overall champion (Doug Sayers had originally been announced the winner due to a math error, but Vova Galchenko ended up winning.)

References[]

  • Christel, Matthias. (2009). Bewegungskünste: motorisches Lernen in der Zirkuspädagogik. Norderstedt: Books on Demand. ISBN 9783837038613; OCLC 552075967

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