| Luca Pferdmenges | |
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 11 ball passing world record holder | |
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Websites |
www.lucapferdmenges.com |
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Highest numbers juggled |
10 balls qualified |
Luca Pferdmenges (born 24 August 2001) is a juggler from Mönchengladbach, Germany. He learned to juggle when he was 9. His favourite props are clubs.
In 2016, Luca had his first performance with the passing team Jonglissimo. Three years later he moved to Linz, Austria to join Jonglissimo fully.
Due to his performance on the TV show Superkids at the age of 14, he enjoys a strong fan base from non-jugglers. Luca has a verified TikTok account with over 1 million followers. He follows a vegan diet and speaks 6 languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew and Indonesian).
World records[]
Luca holds the following world records:
Spins[]
- 180 qualified with the most balls: 8 balls, 8 up in 2020 (video)
- Most 7 ball 7 up 180s in 1 minute: 5 in 2017 (video)
- Most connected 6 ball 4 up 180s: 6 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 6 ball 6 up 180s: 2 in 2017 (video), tied with Anthony Gatto in 2008 (video) and Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
- Most connected 7 ball 5 up 180s: 4 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 7 ball 7 up 180s: 2 in 2020 (video), tied with Anthony Gatto in 2006 (video) and Adolfo Almonacid in 2023 (video)
- Most connected 8 ball 6 up 180s: 2 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 3 ring 3 up 180s: 155 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 4 ring 4 up 180s: 13 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 3 club 3 up 180s: 210 in 2017 (video)
- Most connected 6 club 4 up 180s: 2 in 2020 (video), tied with Anthony Gatto in 2006 (video) and Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
- Most connected 6 ball 4 up 360s: 8 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 6 ball 6 up 360s: 5 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 8 ball 6 up 360s: 3 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 3 ring 3 up 360s: 62 in 2020 (video)
- Most connected 4 ring 4 up 360s: 29 in 2020 (video)
Other[]
- 5 ring halfshower: 2 minutes and 3 seconds in 2020 (video)
- 7 ring 867: 20 catches in 2020 (video)
- 9 ring duplexes: 12 catches in 2020 (video), tied with Johnathan Mundell in 2024 (video)
Competitions[]
Luca has participated in the Open Dutch Juggling Championships twice, scoring the following results:
2016:
- Open Dutch Ring Juggling Champion
- Open Dutch Club Juggling Champion (Youth)
- 5 Balls Endurance Winner
- 5 Clubs Endurance Winner
2017:
- Open Dutch Ring Juggling Competition 3rd place
- Open Dutch Club Juggling Competition 3rd place
- Open Dutch Ball Juggling Competition 3rd place
- 5 Clubs Endurance Winner
Furthermore, he won the Skill-Night of the Aichtal Juggling Convention two years in a row (2016 & 2017) and came 3rd in the “Best Trick Competition” of the Israeli Juggling Convention 2018, as a duo with Daniel Ledel. At the European Juggling Convention 2017 in Lublin, Poland, Luca won both the 5 clubs and 7 balls endurance.
Luca has been featured in the Top 40 Jugglers list six years in a row (2015-2020).
Other achievements[]
His other biggest achievements include:
- 11 club back-to-back passing qualify with Daniel Ledel (video)
- 13 club passing qualify with Daniel Ledel (video)
- 5 club backcrosses for over 100 catches (video)
- 8 balls for over 200 catches (video)
- 8 ball 8 up 360 (video)
- 10 ball qualify (video)
- 11 ball flash at age 13 (video)
- 7 club backcross flash (video)
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