| Doug Sayers | |
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 2010 and 2012 WJF Overall Champion | |
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Websites |
www.whatsupjuggling.com |
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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 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
World records with publicly available video evidence:[12]
- 9 ball halfshower: 21 catches (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: 39 passes caught with Peter Kaseman in 2011 (video)
- 14 club passing: 14 passes caught with Ben Thompson (video) and with Peter Kaseman (video) in 2012, tied with Peter Kaseman and Darin Marriott (in 2004)
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 (IJA competition record: 59 catches of 13 rings, tied with Doug and Stefan in 2012)
- 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 (IJA competition record: 59 catches of 13 rings, tied with Doug and Tony in 2011)
- 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
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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
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggling_world_records