Thomas Dietz

Thomas Dietz
5 club world record holder
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Highest numbers juggled	9 balls qualified 10 balls qualified? (claim) 8 rings qualified 9 rings flashed 7 clubs qualified 8 clubs flashed? (claim)

 Thomas Dietz (born May 19, 1982) is a professional juggler from Regensburg, Germany. His father taught him to juggle three oranges when he was three years and nine months old. Thomas started practicing seriously in 1990, and introduced himself to the world in 2003 by juggling 5 glow balls for over an hour on the renegade stage at the EJC in Svendborg, Denmark.

In 2003 and 2004, Mark Probst produced a series of ten Thomas Dietz juggling videos, which Thomas now has on his Juggling.tv account. In 2009, Thomas made an 11th video in the series, which he posted on his Youtube channel and his Juggling.tv account, and released a DVD that includes videos 12 and 13.

In 2004, Thomas competed at the IJA and the WJF for the first time, and won two IJA competitions and two WJF competitions. He continued to compete for the next few years and won the WJF Overall Championship every year from 2005 to 2008.

Thomas was voted the world's most popular juggler in Luke Burrage's Top 40 Jugglers poll in 2006, and has been in the top 40 every year since the chart was first compiled in 2003.

World records

Records verified by JISCON:

• 5 clubs: 53 minutes and 21 seconds in 2005

Records with publicly available video evidence:

• 5 ball Mills mess: 10 minutes and 43 seconds in 2009 (the video shows 9 minutes and 12 seconds of the pattern before speeding up to fit the whole run into 10 minutes)
• Most connected 5 ball 3 up 180s: 42 in 2006 (video)
• 6 ball 9555: 1 minute and 59 seconds in 2009 (17 Balls DVD)
• 7 ball halfshower: 53 seconds in 2015 (video)
• 7 ball (8x,6)*: 1 minute and 21 seconds in 2014 (video)
• 7 ball 966: 191 catches in 2014 (video)
• Most connected 7 ball 5 up 360s: 3 in 2006 (video)
• 8 balls isolated: 87 catches in 2014 (video)
• 8 ball halfshower: 159 catches in 2014 (video)

• Most connected 4 ring 4 up 360s: 11 in 2007 (video)
• Most connected 4 ring 4 up 180s: 10 in 2007 (video)
• Most connected 5 ring 3 up 180s: 27 in 2006 (video)
• Most connected 5 ring 5 up 180s: 5 in 2008 (video), tied with Emmanuël Boissé Pinard in 2014 (video)
• Most connected 6 ring 4 up 180s: 9 in 2009 (17 Balls DVD)
• Most connected 6 ring 6 up 180s: 2 in 2008 (video), tied with Anthony Gatto in 2009 (video)
• 6 ring halfshower: 86 catches in 2015 (video)
• 6 ring 756: 33 catches in 2009 (17 Balls DVD)
• 6 ring 9555: 12 catches in 2009 (17 Balls DVD), tied with Eivind Dragsjø in 2012 (video)
• 6 ring b97531: 1 round in 2009 (17 Balls DVD), tied with Daniel Eaker, Scott Sorensen, Lauge Benjaminsen, Eivind Dragsjø, Pavel Evsukevich, Nick Thomas, Cody Harrington, Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse, and Danny Hodge

• 720 qualified with the most clubs: 5 clubs, 5 up in 2007 (video), tied with Vova Galchenko, Christof Buch, Cody Harrington, Paul Criner, Daniel Ledel, Jack Denger, Iver Tronstad, Kenny Cheung, Haavard Hvidsten, Dave Leahy, and Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse
• 5 club backcrosses: 199 catches in 2008 (video)
• 6 clubs isolated: 139 catches in 2008 (video)

Records set in WJF competition:

• Most 5 ball 5 up 360s in 1 minute: 27 (at WJF 3 and 4), tied with Vova Galchenko (at WJF 3)
• Most 5 ring 5 up 360s in 1 minute: 21 (at WJF 2), tied with Sergey Ignatov Jr. (at WJF 1)

Unverified claims:

• 5 balls: 3 hours and 47 minutes in 2007
• 5 rings: 1 hour in 2007
• 6 rings: 6 minutes in 2007
• 5 clubs: 1 hour and 25 minutes in 2007

• 5 club singles: 4 minutes and 47 seconds in 2004

• 5 ball halfshower: 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 9 seconds in 2004
• 6 ball halfshower: 24 minutes in 2007
• 7 ball halfshower: 2 minutes and 4 seconds in 2004
• 8 ball halfshower: 169 catches in 2004 (claim)

• 5 ball reverse cascade: 7 minutes and 32 seconds in 2004 (claim)

• 4 club backcrosses: 5 minutes and 19 seconds in 2004 (claim)
• 5 club backcrosses: 280 catches in 2004 (claim)

• 6 ball 9555: 2 minutes in 2011
• 4 club 53: 47 minutes and 20 seconds in 2004 (claim)
• 6 club 75: 3 minutes and 20 seconds in 2007

Competitions

Thomas won the following IJA and WJF competitions.

IJA 2004:

• Stage: Individuals

• Numbers: Solo Balls

WJF 1:

• Ball Endurance
• 7 Ball Freestyle

WJF 2:

• Advanced Balls
• Advanced Rings
• 7 Ball Freestyle
• 7 Ring Freestyle
• 5 Club Freestyle
• Ball Endurance
• Ring Endurance
• 5 Ball 360s
• 5 Ring 360s

• Overall Championship

Challenge Competitions:

• 7 Ball Isolated Endurance
• 7 Ring Isolated Endurance

WJF 3:

• Advanced Balls
• Advanced Clubs
• 6 Ball Freestyle
• 7 Ring Freestyle
• Ball Endurance
• 5 Ball 360s (tied with Vova Galchenko)
• 5 Ring 360s

• Overall Championship

IJA 2007:

• Stage: Individuals

• Numbers: Solo Balls (tied with Doug Sayers)

Games:

• 5 club endurance with one trick at 3 minutes
• 7 club endurance

WJF 4:

• Advanced Balls
• Advanced Rings
• 6 Ball Freestyle
• 7 Ball Freestyle
• 6 Ring Freestyle
• 7 Ring Freestyle
• Ball Endurance
• Ring Endurance
• 7 Ball Isolated Endurance
• 7 Ring Isolated Endurance
• 5 Ball 360s
• 5 Ring 360s

• Overall Championship

Games:

• Concentration

WJF 5:

• Advanced Balls
• 6 Ball Freestyle
• 5 Ring Freestyle
• 6 Ring Freestyle
• 7 Ring Freestyle
• 5 Club Freestyle
• Ball Endurance
• Ring Endurance (tied with Vova Galchenko)
• 5 Ball 360s (tied with Vova Galchenko)
• 6 Ring 360s

• Overall Championship
• Battle for the WJF Presidency

Games:

• Concentration