Editing Jason Garfield

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|Box title = Jason Garfield
|image = File: Jason Garfield.jpg
|imagewidth = 320
|Row 1 title = Websites
|Row 1 info = [http://www.jasongarfield.com/ www.jasongarfield.com]<br/>
[http://www.youtube.com/user/JasonRGarfield/ YouTube: Jason Garfield]<br/>
[http://www.thewjf.com/index.php www.thewjf.com]<br/>
[http://www.youtube.com/user/worldjuggling YouTube: worldjuggling]<br/>
[https://www.facebook.com/jasongarfieldtraining/ Facebook: Jason Garfield]
|Row 2 title = Highest [[Numbers juggling|numbers]] juggled
|Row 2 info = 10 [[Ball juggling|balls]] [[Qualify|qualified]]<br/>
11 balls [[Flash|flashed]]<br/>
9 [[Ring juggling|rings]] qualified<br/>
10 rings flashed<br/>
10 rings qualified? ([http://web.archive.org/web/20041226102125/http://www.bogleg.com/records/members.php?juggler=157 claim])<br/>
7 [[Club juggling|clubs]] qualified<br/>
8 clubs flashed
|caption = [[Top 40 Jugglers|Most Popular Juggler of 2004]]}}'''Jason Garfield''' (born August 9, 1974) is an American juggler who was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and grew up in Seattle, Washington. He is the founder and president of the [[World Juggling Federation]].<ref name="head">http://thewjf.com/about/department-heads/jason-garfield/</ref>

Jason started juggling when he was 11, and at age 13 he won the 1988 [[IJA]] Juniors competition.<ref name="bio2000">http://web.archive.org/web/20001018180009/http://www.jasongarfield.com/biography.html</ref> By the time he was 15, he had juggled 9 [[Ball juggling|balls]], 9 [[Ring juggling|rings]], and 7 [[Club juggling|clubs]], and done 200 catches of 5 club [[Backcrosses|backcrosses]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070127214632/http://jasongarfield.com/timeline/1990/1990.html</ref>

After taking a six-year break from juggling, Jason went on to juggle 10 balls<ref name="bio2000" /> and 10 rings,<ref name="about">http://www.thewjf.com/about.php</ref> and tied with [[Bruce Sarafian]] for the 11 ball [[World records|world record]] (12 catches) in 1997.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19980630172927/http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html</ref> In 2000, Jason beat Bruce's record with 14 catches.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20000818120347/http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html</ref><sup>([http://youtu.be/Lik27AjCyMQ?t=55s video])</sup> (The record has since been broken by [[Alex Barron]].)

Jason has been producing instructional materials for juggling since 2000, starting with the series of [http://thewjfstore.com/categories/retro-videos Juggling Master] videos.<ref>http://www.seriousjuggling.com/juggling-videos-dvds.htm</ref> The latest versions of his instructional videos and book are:
*[http://thewjfstore.com/item/5715892c6edca00338d953a6 The Theory and Practice of Juggling] - A video that teaches [[Basic pattern|basic patterns]] for up to 7 balls, 7 rings, and 5 clubs.
*[http://thewjfstore.com/item/5717008f6edca009448e300f Etudes for Juggling: The Next Three Years of Your Life] - A video that teaches [[Siteswap|siteswaps]], [[Overhead throws|overheads]], [[Halfshower|halfshower]], [[Outside throws|full reverse]], [[Shower|shower]], [[Backcrosses|backcrosses]], [[Body throws|body throws]], [[Shoulder throws|shoulder throws]], [[Spins|360s]], and [[Spins|180s]] (including dance training for 360s from professional dance instructors).
*[http://thewjfstore.com/item/57115ac0cca9182864c23ed7 JUGGLING: Fundamental Exercises and Practice Structure] - A workbook that covers everything in both videos.

Jason founded the [[WJF|World Juggling Federation]] in 2000, with the goals of expanding public awareness of juggling as a sport,<ref name="about" /> producing sport juggling competition programs for ESPN, providing an incentive for jugglers to push themselves to their technical limits,<ref name="head" /> and increasing the number of good competitive jugglers in the world.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070110233741/http://jasongarfield.com/2004.html</ref>

Jason was voted the world's most popular juggler in the [[Top 40 Jugglers]] poll in 2004<ref>http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/world/jugglers/top40of2004.html</ref>, and was featured on that list ten years in a row (2003-2012).

==World records==
Jason holds the following [[World records|world records]] with publicly available video evidence:
*[[Spins|1080]] [[Qualify|qualified]] with the most rings: 6 rings, 6 up 3-stage ([https://youtu.be/XEQoKWvqQ-E?t=2338 video]), tied with [[Anthony Gatto]] ([https://youtu.be/YiuPv6oXxeQ?t=3m29s 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)
*1080 qualified with the most clubs: 5 clubs, 5 up 2-stage ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O19O9iPiLg#t=53s video]), tied with [[Vova Galchenko]] in 2006 ([http://youtu.be/JOSpWPeVy_w?t=1m13s video])
*[[Blind catch]] qualified with the most rings: 5 rings in 2002 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtC9FtgIdt8&t=3m13s video]), tied with [[Ben Hestness]] in 2011 ([http://youtu.be/tQ5hAyPN31Q?t=1m32s video])

[[File:Jason Garfield's New Juggling Order|480px|right]][[File:Jason Garfield 5 - 7 Ball Moves|480px|right]][[File:Jason Garfield Club and Ring Practice|480px|right]]

==Competitions==
Jason won the following [[IJA]] and [[WJF]] competitions.<ref>http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/</ref><ref>http://wayback.archive.org/web/20131029113815/http://thewjf.com/allevents.php</ref>

IJA 1988:
*Stage: Juniors
IJA 1990:
*Numbers: Solo Balls
*Numbers: Solo Rings
IJA 1998:
*Stage: Individuals

*Numbers: Solo Balls
*Numbers: Solo Rings
IJA 2000:
*Numbers: Solo Balls
*Numbers: Solo Rings
*Numbers: Solo Clubs
IJA 2001:
*Numbers: Solo Rings
IJA 2002:
*Stage: Individuals
WJF 1:
*Advanced Balls
*Ring [[Endurance]]
*5 Ball 360s
WJF 2:

: Challenge Competitions:<ref>http://www.thewjfstore.com/2005convention.php</ref>
*5 Ball Low 360s
*5 Ring Low 360s
WJF 3:
*Advanced Rings
*5 Ring Freestyle
*6 Ring Freestyle
*Ring Endurance
: Challenge Competitions:<ref>http://www.thewjfstore.com/2006overall.php</ref>
*5 Ball Low 360s
*5 Ring Low 360s

==References==
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[[Category:Jugglers]]
[[Category:Performers]]
[[Category:IJA champions]]
[[Category:WJF champions]]
[[Category:Numbers jugglers]]
[[Category:Educators and coaches]]