Editing Anthony Gatto

{{Infobox
|Box title = Anthony Gatto
|imagewidth = 233|Row 1 title = Website
|Row 1 info = [http://www.youtube.com/user/ator1a1m YouTube: Anthony Gatto]
|Row 2 title = Highest [[Numbers juggling|numbers]] juggled
|Row 2 info = 9 [[Ball juggling|balls]] [[solid]]<br/>
10 balls [[Flash|flashed]]<br/>
10 balls [[Qualify|qualified]]? ([http://web.archive.org/web/20070902181415/http://www.anthonygatto.com/Gatto-fan-index.html claim])<br/>
10 [[Ring juggling|rings]] qualified<br/>
11 rings qualified? ([http://web.archive.org/web/20070902181415/http://www.anthonygatto.com/Gatto-fan-index.html claim])<br/>
12 rings flashed<br/>
8 [[Club juggling|clubs]] qualified
|image = File: Anthony Gatto.jpg|caption = 7-10 [[Ring juggling|ring]] [[World records|world record]] holder}}'''Anthony Commarota''' (born April 14, 1973), known by his stage name '''Anthony Gatto''',<ref name="dropped">http://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto</ref><ref>https://www.juggle.org/nick-gatto-obituary/</ref> is an American former juggler. Regarded as the most skilled juggler in the world,<ref name="card">[http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9935/cid/433319/2010-Topps-Allen-&-Ginter-99-Anthony-Gatto 99 - Anthony Gatto] - The Trading Card Database</ref> he was voted the world's most popular juggler in [[Luke Burrage|Luke Burrage's]] [[Top 40 Jugglers]] poll in 2003 and 2005,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110713052226/http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/world/jugglers/top40of2003.html The Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers of 2003 as voted by YOU!] - [[IJDb]]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120207142351/http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/world/jugglers/top40of2005.html The Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers of 2005] - [[IJDb]]</ref> and he was in the top 40 every year since the chart began in 2003 until 2015.<ref>http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/archives/1643</ref> He is the only juggler who has ever won the Golden Clown award at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Circus_Festival_of_Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo].<ref>http://www.montecarlofestival.mc/palmares/palmares-1998-2002/</ref>

Anthony was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Ellicott City, Maryland.<ref name="bio">http://www.anthonygatto.com/v1/biography.php#</ref> He started juggling when he was about four years old, and was coached by his stepfather, [https://www.juggle.org/nick-gatto-obituary/ Nick Gatto].<ref name="dropped" /><ref>http://anthonygatto.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4974</ref> He won the [[IJA]] Junior Championship at the age of eight in his first year competing.<ref name="bio" /><ref>http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/1981-cleveland-oh/</ref> Anthony began performing professionally in Las Vegas at age ten. He has performed in the Cirque du Soleil shows ''Kooza'' (2007-2009) and ''La Nouba'' (2010-2012).<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto</ref><ref>http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/01/world-renowned-juggler-joins-la-nouba-by-cirque-du-soleil/</ref>

Anthony quit juggling<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/JugglingRock/permalink/627839443952281</ref> at 40 so he could spend more time with his family.<ref>https://www.floridatrend.com/article/19006/a-famous-jugglers-concrete-plans</ref> He now runs [http://bigtopcr.com/ a concrete resurfacing business],<ref name="dropped" /><ref>http://bigtopcr.com/about/</ref> which he started in August 2012.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/bigtopcr/info</ref><ref>http://www.floridatrend.com/article/19006/a-famous-jugglers-concrete-plans</ref>

==World records==
[[File:Anthony Gatto Practice 1-8-09|400px|right]]
Records verified by [[JISCON]]:<ref name="jiscon">[http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html List of Numbers Juggling Records] - [[JISCON]]</ref>
*9 [[Ball juggling|balls]]: 54 seconds in 2006 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehh_EqfTyI video])

*7 [[Ring juggling|rings]]: 15 minutes and 6 seconds in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/rOUmijTJAag video])
*8 rings: 1 minute and 17 seconds in 1989 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6dsOykSYM#t=1h2m1s video])
*9 rings: 235 catches in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/QioKtsZZ86I?t=5m10s video])
*10 rings: 47 catches in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/v-Tn7Q0aJ2A?t=514 video])

*6 [[Club juggling|clubs]]: 7 minutes 38 seconds in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/3Xvdiif0CHo video])
*7 clubs: 4 minutes 24 seconds in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/v-Tn7Q0aJ2A?t=535 video])
Records with publicly available video evidence:

==='''[[Isolation]]'''===
*8 rings isolated: 125 catches in 2011 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMNwWTlqSro video])
*9 rings isolated: 45 catches in 2011 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5aFiStVqJE video])

*7 clubs isolated: 238 catches in 2011 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gclli6u54P0&t=35s video])

==='''[[Balance|Balancing]]'''===
*8 balls with ball balance: 40 catches in 2007 ([http://www.tradebit.com/usr/anthonygatto/pub/8/cirque-practice2.mov video] at 0:40)
*8 balls with club balance: 48 catches ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtp4ZZjYa0Q&t=3m20s video])
*8 balls with pole balance: 24 catches in 2007 ([https://youtu.be/riyqrC1qrZ8?t=1m25s video])
*9 balls with ball balance: 14 catches in 2000 ([https://youtu.be/gtsaTMdKVTM?t=23m57s video])
*10 balls with ball balance: 10 catches in 2009 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-jaC2TiwA&t=2m51s video])

*8 rings with pole balance: 47 catches in 2007 ([http://www.tradebit.com/usr/anthonygatto/pub/8/AnthonyGatto-Headcam.mp4 video] at 7:22)
*9 rings with pole balance: 20 catches in 2007 ([http://www.tradebit.com/usr/anthonygatto/pub/8/Cirque-practice3.mov video] at 6:17)
*10 rings with ring balance: 10 catches in 2010 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2xwQqVdlvA&t=9m18s video]), tied with [[Pavel Evsukevich]] in 2009 and [[Laido Dittmar]] in 2014
*10 rings with club balance: 10 catches in 2007 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmYXVD-gNHY&t=10m47s video]), tied with [[Pavel Evsukevich]] in 2013, [[Willy Colombaioni]] in 2015 and [[Laido Dittmar]] in 2015
*10 rings with pole balance: 10 catches in 1991 ([https://youtu.be/sO9KYDr0FAQ?t=13m42s video]), tied with [[Nikolai Gerasimov]] in 2001 ([http://youtu.be/HgTdQVdbu5M?t=7m28s video]), [[Willy Colombaioni]] in 2015 ([https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=712211675561967 video]), and [[Rudolf Levitskiy]] in 2016 ([https://www.facebook.com/rudolf.levitskiy/videos/1221075957905270/ video])
*11 rings with pole balance: 11 catches in 2000 ([https://youtu.be/gtsaTMdKVTM?t=1h6m15s video])

*7 clubs with ball balance: 43 catches in 2007 ([http://www.tradebit.com/usr/anthonygatto/pub/8/Cirque-practice3.mov video] at 2:50)
*7 clubs with club balance: 44 catches in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/WJKLSrqereU?t=10m13s video])

==='''[[Head bounce]]''' ===
*6 balls with head bounce: 1 minute and 4 seconds in 2000 ([https://youtu.be/gtsaTMdKVTM?t=4m55s video])
*7 balls with head bounce: 143 catches in 2001 ([https://youtu.be/0euGQX7NBIs?t=5m6s video])
*8 balls with head bounce: 31 catches in 2009 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-jaC2TiwA&t=1m57s video])
*9 balls with head bounce: 18 catches in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/v-Tn7Q0aJ2A?t=346 video])

*6 rings with head bounce: 213 catches in 2000 ([https://youtu.be/gtsaTMdKVTM?t=29m36s video])
*7 rings with head bounce: 119 catches in 2008 ([https://juggling.tv/16260 video] at 2:34)
*8 rings with head bounce: 61 catches in 2006 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKE5iuwwm4&t=1m10s video])
*9 rings with head bounce: 31 catches in 2007 ([https://myspace.com/juggleranthonygatto/video/anthony-gatto-practice-jan.-26-2007/5611865 video] at 2:46)
*10 rings with head bounce: 14 catches in 2009 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQeue4JW354&t=1m40s video])
*11 rings with head bounce: 11 catches in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/QioKtsZZ86I?t=1m4s video])

*7 clubs with head bounce: 28 catches in 2009 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQeue4JW354&t=2m video])

*2 ball head bounce: 62 bounces in 2006 ([http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/112812815-tbtbiii-download-mp4 video] at 1:13:42)

==='''[[Halfshower]]'''===
*7 ring halfshower: 55 catches in 2008 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9l1ZQObdf4&t=1m15s video])
*9 ring halfshower: 11 catches in 2006 ([http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/112812815-tbtbiii-download-mp4 video])

==='''[[Spins]]'''===
* 180 [[Qualify|qualified]] with the most rings: 7 rings, 7 up in 2001 ([https://youtu.be/0euGQX7NBIs?t=9m58s video]), tied with [[Sergei Ignatov]] ([https://youtu.be/pY0o3bxNdr4?t=12s video]), [[Rudolf Levitskiy]] in 2007 ([https://youtu.be/DAPQAcXS9QA?t=5m video]), [[Pavel Evsukevich]] in 2009 ([https://youtu.be/hb8alIL1x70?t=3m29s video])
*180 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 5 up ([https://youtu.be/YiuPv6oXxeQ?t=1m4s video]), tied with [[Vova Galchenko]] in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/bUkrct54veI?t=3m1s video])
*360 qualified with the most rings: 8 rings, 8 up in 2008 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCDfUtP7t7M#t=3m5s video]), tied with [[Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse]] in 2019 ([https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZeDJ_Hcn4/ video])
*360 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 7 up in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/v-Tn7Q0aJ2A?t=426 video]), tied with [[Vova Galchenko]] in 2008 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hL-FV-f4Hw video]), [[Spencer Androli]] in 2020 ([https://www.instagram.com/p/CHjG4DmgosK/ video]), [[Masahiro Takahashi]] in 2021 ([https://youtu.be/XxoPTxTxfmY?t=102 video]), and [[Kaito Tanioka]] in 2023 ([https://youtu.be/Zghg2IruaIg?t=390 video])
*1080 qualified with the most rings: 6 rings, 6 up 3-stage ([https://youtu.be/YiuPv6oXxeQ?t=3m29s video]), tied with [[Jason Garfield]] ([https://youtu.be/XEQoKWvqQ-E?t=2338 video]) and [[Eivind Dragsjø]] in 2016 ([http://ezine.juggle.org/2016/11/28/corrections-a-juggling-film-by-lewis-kennedy-haavard-hvidsten/ video] at 43:00)

*Most 7 ball 7 up 360s in 1 minute: 10 in 2008 ([https://youtu.be/Jpah1ywgZUk?t=1m15s video])
*Most 7 ring 7 up 360s in 1 minute: 10 in 2008 ([http://juggling.tv/16260 video] at 1:17)

*Most [[Transition#Connections|connected]] 6 ball 6 up 180s: 2 in 2008 ([http://youtu.be/VGHdHVb-mcQ?t=2m26s video]), tied with [[Luca Pferdmenges]] in 2017 ([https://youtu.be/ZnSelv0n1Sc?t=2m53s video])
*Most connected 7 ball 7 up 180s: 2 in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/313QfdeQx0Q?t=2m58s video]), tied with [[Luca Pferdmenges]] in 2020 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOzXsxT__0 video]) and [[Adolfo Almonacid]] in 2023 ([https://www.instagram.com/p/CzhUsfkgump/ video])
*Most connected 6 ring 6 up 180s: 2 in 2009 ([http://youtu.be/kT-jaC2TiwA?t=1m13s video]), tied with [[Thomas Dietz]] in 2008 ([http://youtu.be/HuogREJXHZg?t=1m46s video])
*Most connected 7 ring 7 up 180s: 2 in 2006 ([http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/112812815-tbtbiii-download-mp4 video]), tied with [[Pavel Evsukevich]] in 2009 ([http://youtu.be/dgbce7MoLr4?t=11s video])
*Most connected 6 club 4 up 180s: 2 in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/LuMdLuNMG_Q?t=52s video]), tied with [[Luca Pferdmenges]] in 2020 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-CeECwKH4 video])
*Most connected 8 ring 6 up 180s: 2 in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/4qTYeBHBgJI?t=5m6s video])
*Most connected 6 club 4 up 360s: 2 in 2011 ([http://youtu.be/gclli6u54P0?t=3m1s video]), tied with [[Willy Colombaioni]] in 2015 ([https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=706094186173716 video]) and [[Moritz Rosner]] in 2020 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWjwt95we7o video])

Unverified claims:<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030220114516fw_/http://www.anthonygatto.com/records1.htm</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070902181415/http://www.anthonygatto.com/Gatto-fan-index.html</ref>
*9 balls: 348 catches
*8 rings: 368 catches
*9 rings: 275 catches
*10 rings: 68 catches
*11 rings: 22 catches
*12 rings: 16 catches
*8 clubs: 21 catches

*5 clubs with pole balance: 2 minutes in 2000 ([https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.juggling/7Vg6qXWbfFE/OpkwYtbQ17wJ claim])

*9 ball overheads: 9 catches ([http://anthonygatto.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3176 claim])

[[File:Anthony Gatto Practice Nov 25, 08|right|400 px]]

== Competitions ==
Anthony won the following [[IJA]] competitions.<ref>http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/</ref>

1981 (age 8):
*Stage: Juniors
1983:
*[[Numbers juggling|Numbers]]: 5 Clubs
1986:
*Stage: Individuals

*Numbers: Solo Balls
*Numbers: Solo Rings
*Numbers: Solo Clubs
1989:
*Numbers: Solo Balls
*Numbers: Solo Rings
*Numbers: Solo Clubs (first person ever to juggle 7 clubs for over 100 catches in competition - age 16)
1991 (age 18):
*Numbers: Solo Balls (IJA competition record: 60 catches of 9 balls)
* Numbers: Solo Rings (43 catches of 9 rings, a new IJA competition record at the time, broken in 1996 by [[Albert Lucas]] with 20 catches of 10 rings)
*Numbers: Solo Clubs (IJA competition record: 230 catches of 7 clubs) 

:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idyTZo58z_4&t=43m4s 1991 IJA Numbers Championships highlights video]

[[File:Anthony Gatto Practice June 4, 2011|400px|right]]

==References==
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[[Category:Jugglers]]
[[Category:Performers]]
[[Category:World record holders]]
[[Category:IJA champions]]
[[Category:Numbers jugglers]]