Doug Sayers | |
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2010 and 2012 WJF Overall Champion | |
Websites |
www.whatsupjuggling.com |
Highest numbers juggled |
9 balls qualified |
Doug Sayers (born August 10, 1988) [1] is a professional juggler[2] from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[3][4] He started juggling when he was 8 years old.[3] He has been competing at the IJA and the WJF since 2005,[5][6] and has held passing world records since 2007.[7]
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,[5] 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.[8][9] He won the IJA Individuals Stage Competition in 2009,[10] and the WJF Overall Championship in 2010 and 2012.[11]
World records
Doug holds the following world records with publicly available video evidence:
- 9 ball halfshower: 21 catches in 2010 (video)
- 12 ball passing: 454 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2012 (video)
- 13 ball passing: 351 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2010 (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: 41 passes caught with Ben Thompson in 2013 (video)
- 17 ball passing: 17 balls: 33 passes caught with Ben Thompson in 2013 (video)
Competitions
Doug won the following IJA and WJF competitions.[5][6]
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[9]
- Advanced Rings[9]
- Advanced Clubs[9]
- 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
References
- ↑ http://www.jugglinguniverse.net/html/Doug_Sayers/
- ↑ http://whatsupjuggling.com/about/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.kcrg.com/sports/84488007.html
- ↑ http://www.facebook.com/dougsayers7
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 http://www.juggle.org/champrules/championships.php
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.thewjf.com/allevents.php
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQAxDX5lasI
- ↑ http://thewjf.com/allevents.php
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77tV58MdFE
- ↑ http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2009.php
- ↑ http://thewjf.com/wjf6.php