Lauge Benjaminsen | |
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Most Popular Juggler of 2011 | |
Websites |
www.laugebenjaminsen.com |
Highest numbers juggled |
Lauge Benjaminsen (born in 1993)[1][2] is a juggler from Silkeborg, Denmark, known for his fast spins. He learned to juggle from a friend in April 2006.[3] Lauge was voted the world's most popular juggler in Luke Burrage's Top 40 Jugglers poll in 2011.[4]
Some spin moves that Lauge has done:
- 4 ball 1 high 3 low 4-stage 1440 (video)*
- 5 ball fdb97 1080 (video)
- 5 ball 3 up 1440 (video)
- 5 ball 5 up 3-stage 1440 (video)*
- 6 ball db97 720 to 756 (video)*
- 6 ball 1 high 5 low 720 (video)
- 7 ball 1 high 6 low 360 (video)
- 7 ball 5 up 540 (video)*
- 7 ball fdb97 720 (video)
- 7 ball 7 up 720 (video)
- 5 ring 5 up 1080 (video)
- 6 ring 1 high 5 low 360 (video)*
- 6 ring 6 up 720 (video)*
- 7 ring 1 high 4 low 360 (video)*
- 3 club 3 up 1080 in singles (video)*
- 3 club 3 up 3-stage 1800 (video)*
- 4 club 4 up 720 in singles (video)*
- 4 club 1 high 3 low 720 (video)
- 5 club b9753 360 (video)*
- 6 club 6 up 360 (video)
*video doesn't show qualify after the spin
Lauge was the first person ever to do 3 connected rounds of 7 ball db97531 to a qualify (in 2010 - video), the first person to do a db97531 with 7 rings to a qualify (in 2012 - video), and the first person to do 4 rounds of 7 ball db97531 to a qualify (in 2013 - video).
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Competitions
Lauge placed in the following IJA and WJF competitions.[5][6]
IJA 2010:
- Stage: Juniors - 3rd place
- Individual Props: 3 Clubs - 2nd place (tied with Kevin Axtel)
- eXtreme Juggling: 7+ Balls - 1st place
- Joggling: Men's 7 Ball 100 Meters - 1st place
- Joggling: Men's 5 Ball 100 Meters - 1st place
WJF 6:
- Advanced Balls - 2nd place
- 7 Ring Isolated Endurance - 1st place
- 5 Ball Freestyle - 2nd place
- 6 Ball Freestyle - 2nd place
- 5 Ring Freestyle - 3rd place
- 6 Ring Freestyle - 1st place
- 3 Club Freestyle - 3rd place
WJF 7:
- Advanced Balls - 2nd place
- Advanced Rings - 3rd place
- Ball Endurance - 3rd place
- Ring Endurance - 2nd place
- 3 Club 360s - 3rd place
- 5 Ball Freestyle - 3rd place
- 7 Ball Freestyle - 3rd place
- 5 Ring Freestyle - 1st place
- 6 Ring Freestyle - 1st place
- 7 Ring Freestyle - 1st place
- 5 Club Freestyle - 3rd place
- 4 Club Freestyle - 1st place
- Overall Championship - 3rd place