Doug Sayers

Doug Sayers
2014 WJF Overall Champion
Websites	www.whatsupjuggling.com YouTube: Doug Sayers YouTube: whatsupjuggling Juggling.tv: dougsayers Facebook: whatsup juggling
Highest numbers juggled	9 balls qualified 11 balls flashed 8 rings qualified 7 clubs qualified 8 ball bounce qualified 15 ball passing qualified 20 ball passing flashed 14 club passing flashed

 Doug Sayers (born in 1988) is an American juggler from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He started juggling when he was 8 years old. He has been competing at the IJA and the WJF since 2005, and has held passing world records since 2007.

Doug is the only person who has won all four solo Numbers competitions (balls, rings, clubs, and bounce juggling) at the IJA in the same year, and also the only person who has won all three Advanced Short Programs (balls, rings, and clubs) at the WJF in the same year, which he did two years in a row. He won the IJA Individuals Stage Competition in 2009, and the WJF Overall Championship in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

World records

Doug holds the following world records:

• 180 qualified with the most balls: 7 balls, 7 up in 2007 (video), tied with Jason Garfield (video), Thomas Dietz in 2004 (video at 5:08), Chris Fowler in 2007 (video), Yousuke Hioki in 2008 (video), Pavel Evsukevich in 2009 (video), Daniel Eaker in 2009 (video), Anthony Gatto in 2009 (video), Delaney Bayles in 2015 (video), Ty Tojo in 2016 (video), Julius Preu in 2017 (video), and Christian Hauschild in 2017 (video)
• 4 ring pancakes: 1 minute and 21 seconds in 2013 (video)

• 12 ball passing: 454 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2012 (video)
• 14 ball passing: 195 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2012 (video)
• 15 ball passing: 91 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2012 (video)
• 16 ball passing: 47 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2015 (video)
• 17 ball passing: 17 balls: 33 passes caught with Ben Thompson in 2013 (video)

Competitions

Doug won the following IJA and WJF competitions.

IJA 2005:

Games:

• 3 Ball Blind Endurance

WJF 2:

• Intermediate Balls

IJA 2006:

• Numbers: Solo Balls
• Numbers: Solo Clubs

IJA 2007:

• Numbers: Solo Balls (tied with Thomas Dietz)
• Numbers: Ball Passing with Bruce Bailey

Games:

• 3 ball Blind Endurance
• 7 Ball Endurance

WJF 4:

• Intermediate Balls
• Intermediate Clubs

IJA 2009:

• Stage: Individuals

• Numbers: Ball Passing with Bruce Bailey

IJA 2010:

• Stage: Teams with Josh Horton

• Numbers: Solo Balls
• Numbers: Solo Rings
• Numbers: Solo Clubs
• Numbers: Solo Ball Bouncing
• Numbers: Ring Passing with Josh Horton
• Numbers: Club Passing with Peter Kaseman
• Numbers: Three-Person Club Passing with Peter Kaseman and Thom Wall

• eXtreme Juggling: 5 clubs

WJF 6:

• Advanced Clubs
• 6 Ball Freestyle
• 5 Ring Freestyle
• 7 Ring Freestyle
• 6 Club Freestyle
• 7 Ball Isolated Endurance
• 7 Club Isolated Endurance

• Overall Championship

IJA 2011:

• Numbers: Solo Balls
• Numbers: Ring Passing with Tony Pezzo
• Numbers: Club Passing with Peter Kaseman

• eXtreme Juggling: 5 rings

WJF 7:

• Advanced Balls
• Advanced Rings
• Advanced Clubs
• 5 Ball Freestyle
• 6 Ball Freestyle
• Ring Endurance

IJA 2012:

• Numbers: Solo Balls
• Numbers: Solo Ball Bouncing
• Numbers: Ball Passing with Stefan Brancel
• Numbers: Ring Passing with Stefan Brancel

• eXtreme Juggling: 6+ Balls

• Games: 7 Ball Endurance
• Games: 5 Ring Endurance

WJF 8:

• Advanced Balls
• Advanced Rings
• Advanced Clubs
• Power Ups
• Ball Endurance
• Ring Endurance
• Club Endurance
• 7 Ball Isolated Endurance
• 7 Ring Isolated Endurance
• 5 Ball 360s
• 5 Ring 360s
• 6 Ball Freestyle
• 7 Ball Freestyle
• 5 Ring Freestyle
• 6 Ring Freestyle
• 7 Ring Freestyle
• 5 Club Freestyle

• Overall Championship

IJA 2013:

• Numbers: Solo Balls
• Numbers: Solo Ball Bouncing
• Numbers: Ball Passing with Peter Kaseman (IJA competition record: 111 catches of 14 balls)

• eXtreme Juggling: 6+ Balls

WJF 10:

• Ball Endurance
• 5 Ball Freestyle
• 5 Ring Freestyle

• Overall Championship