Delaney Bayles | |
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2024 IJA Individuals champion | |
Websites |
delaneybayles.com |
Highest numbers juggled |
Delaney Bayles is an American juggler from Salt Lake City, Utah. She has been described as "the most technically gifted female toss juggler of all time"[1] and "the best ring juggler in the world".[2]
Delaney learned to juggle 3 balls from her uncle when she was 13.[3] In 2016, she won the WJF Overall Championship.[4] She was voted the most popular juggler of the year in the Top 40 Jugglers list three years in a row, from 2020 to 2022.[5][6][7] Delaney is the only person who has won all three divisions of the IJA Stage Championships (Juniors in 2015, Teams in 2019, and Individuals in 2024).[1]
World records[]
Delaney holds the following world records with publicly available video evidence:
- 3 rings with 1 hand and 1 foot: 8 catches in 2018 (video)
- 5 ring front-to-back body throws: 5 catches in 2020 (video), tied with Kenshin Tomie in 2023 (video)
- 5 ring back-to-front body throws: 5 catches in 2021 (video)
- 5 club back-to-front body throws: 10 catches in 2021 (video)
- 6 club backcrosses: 16 catches in 2022 (video)
- 6 club shoulder throws: 12 catches in 2021 (video)
- 7 ring pancakes: 21 catches in 2022 (video)
- 7 ring overheads: 15 catches in 2021 (video)
- 7 ring backcrosses: 14 catches in 2020 (video)
- 28 ring 4-person passing: 28 passes caught with Chris Hodge, Noah Schmeissner, and Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2024 (video)
Competitions[]
Delaney won the following IJA and WJF competitions:[4][8][9]
WJF 2013:
- Junior Overall Championship
IJA 2014:
- eXtreme Juggling: 4-5 Balls
IJA 2015:
- Stage: Juniors
WJF 2015:[10]
- Advanced Rings
- 5 Ball Freestyle
- 5 Club Freestyle
WJF 2016:
- Advanced Balls
- Advanced Rings
- Advanced Clubs
- Ring Endurance
- 5 Ball Freestyle
- 5 Club Freestyle
- Advanced Overall Championship
IJA 2019:[11]
- Stage: Teams with Zak McAllister
- Numbers: Ring Passing with Zak McAllister
- eXtreme Juggling: 4 Clubs
- eXtreme Juggling: 5+ Clubs
- Games: 5 Club Endurance
IJA 2024:[12]
- Stage: Individuals
- Numbers: Individual Clubs
- eXtreme Juggling: 4-5 Rings
- eXtreme Juggling: 4 Clubs
- eXtreme Juggling: 5+ Clubs
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.juggle.org/interview-with-ija-triple-crown-winner-delaney-bayles/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/qywXtSiYWGM?t=1531
- ↑ http://ezine.juggle.org/2013/09/20/10-questions-with-delaney-bayles/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://youtu.be/tBEmRJzlTHs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__pTPL2da8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP52Mpl4HKQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl80Aplb4bs
- ↑ http://dev.juggle.org/ija/championships/
- ↑ http://thewjf.com/wjf-9-competition-results/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/tvZ_DjPW5Qo
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/2019-ija-fest-review/
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2024-08