Tom Whitfield | |
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10 and 11 ball world record holder | |
Websites |
YouTube: Tom Whitfield |
Highest numbers juggled |
11 balls qualified |
Tom Whitfield (born 6 December 1995)[1] is a British[2] numbers juggler living in Bristol.[3] He taught himself to flash 3 balls at the age of six,[1] and he started practicing regularly when he was about 13.[3]
Tom was the fourth person ever to juggle 9 balls for over 100 catches on video, the second person to qualify 11 balls,(video) and the third person to flash 13 balls on video.
In 2012, Tom created juggling-records.com,[4] a website that lets jugglers track and compare their personal records. Tom has been featured on the annual Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers list four times (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023).[5][6][7][8]
World records[]
Tom currently holds the following world records:
- 4 balls in one hand: 1 minute and 48 seconds in 2021 (video)
- 5 balls in one hand: 53 catches in 2020 (video)
- 6 balls in one hand: 20 catches in 2023 (video)
- 7 balls in one hand: 10 catches in 2022 (video), tied with Dylan Tweed in 2019 (video)
- 9 balls with club balance: 19 catches in 2021 (video)
- 9 balls isolated: 53 catches in 2019 (video)
- 10 balls: 40 catches in 2021 (video)
- 10 balls with club balance: 14 catches in 2021 (video)
- 11 balls: 34 catches in 2022 (video)
- 16 ball passing: 66 passes caught with Doug Sayers in 2023 (video)
- 17 ball passing: 41 passes caught with Doug Sayers in 2023 (video)
- 18 ball passing: 30 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2022 (video)
- 19 ball passing: 32 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2023 (video)
- 20 ball passing: 27 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2019 (video)
- 21 ball passing: 22 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2022 (video)
- 22 ball passing: 22 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2018 (video) and with Dave Leahy in 2019 (video)
Competitions[]
Tom placed in the following IJA Numbers competitions:
2019:[9]
- Ball Passing with Mark Pender-Bare - 1st place
2021 (in an online version of the IJA Numbers Championships):[10][11]
- Solo Balls - 1st place
2023:[12]
- Solo Balls - 1st place (IJA competition record: 21 catches of 10 balls - video)
- Ball Passing with Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse - 2nd place
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://youtu.be/kvV5Vh-vYnM?t=440
- ↑ http://www.juggling-records.com/juggler_page.php?j=001
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://youtu.be/kvV5Vh-vYnM?t=1183
- ↑ https://www.jugglingedge.com/forum.php?ThreadID=370&SmallID=2369#Small2369
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jejoL5G6wQs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__pTPL2da8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl80Aplb4bs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4si4QsK8gkE
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/2019-ija-fest-review/
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2021-07
- ↑ https://youtu.be/EgEEAKLB3Ms?t=654
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2023-08